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Psychophysiology

of Resilience 6

to Stress

CHRISTIAN WAUGH

Stanford University

MICHELE TUGADE
Vassar College

BARBARA FREDRICKSON
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contents

Psychophysiology of Resilience to Stress .........................................................117
Anticipation of Stress..........................................................................................119
Certainty ..........................................................................................................119
Controllability................................................................................................ 122
Confidence in Coping ................................................................................... 123

Conclusions .................................................................................................... 125
Recovery .............................................................................................................. 126
Defi ning Recovery ......................................................................................... 126
Positive Reappraisal ...................................................................................... 127
Recovery from Anticipation of Stress ......................................................... 130
Summary and Applications .............................................................................. 133
Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 134
References ............................................................................................................ 135

Psychophysiology of Resilience to Stress

Several years ago, researchers began to consider why some people were better
able to endure and overcome the stress associated with potentially traumatic

events than others. The ability to confront and adapt to stress and adversity
is now commonly referred to as resilience (Block & Kremen, 1996). Although

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