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Creating a Future: A Study of Resilience in Suicidal Female Adolescents
Author(s) -
Everall Robin D.,
Altrows K. Jessica,
Paulson Barbara L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2006.tb00430.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychology , cognition , action (physics) , resilience (materials science) , psychological resilience , process (computing) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics , operating system
The authors designed this study to understand how adolescents overcome suicidality from the subjective perspective of 13 previously suicidal female participants. A resilience framework was used to conceptualize the process. Data analysis using basic interpretive qualitative inquiry revealed 4 domains of resilience: social processes, emotional processes, cognitive processes, and purposeful action. The domains were inextricably linked; improvements in 1 domain produced changes across others, adding momentum to the resilience process. Implications for practice are discussed.