Sample Definitions:

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"Optimal coping and adaptation defines highly resilient behaviors in terms of acute and long- term positive adaptation." (Agaibi and Wilson, 2005) 

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"A complex repertoire of behavioral tendencies that may be evoked or activated by environmental demands." (Agaibi and Wilson, 2005)

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"We define it as a stable trajectory of healthy functioning." (Bonanno, 2020)

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"The process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility, and adjustment to external and internal demands." (APA)