著者

平野 真理

出版者

東京大学大学院教育学研究科

雑誌

東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 (ISSN:13421050)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, pp.411-417, 2013-03-10

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In psychology, the term “resilience” refers to an individual's ability to recover from or adapt to adverse experiences or events. This paper reviews studies on resilience from the viewpoints of its innate and acquired aspects. The innateness of resilience has received less attention than the innateness of psychological risk factors has, and resilience is considered a universal haracteristic. However, recent research on personality suggests that certain biological and genetic factors influence resilience. Therefore, to enhance an individual's resilience in a clinical setting, it is necessary to clarify which factors of resilience are “ innate” (i.e., not easy to instill) and “acquired” (i.e., easy to instill).