Whatever does not kill us
Cumulative lifetime adversity, vulnerability, and resilience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6197845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark D Seery (0000-0001-7368-2493, University at Buffalo, State University of New York), E Alison Holman (0000-0001-5076-8403, University of California, Irvine), Roxane Cohen Silver (0000-0002-4013-6792, University of California, Irvine) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1025-1041 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0021344 |
| PMID | 20939649 |
| OpenAlex | W2088042310 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 208 |
| References cited | 40 |
Exposure to adverse life events typically predicts subsequent negative effects on mental health and well-being, such that more adversity predicts worse outcomes. However, adverse experiences may also foster subsequent resilience, with resulting advantages for mental health and well-being. In a multiyear longitudinal study of a national sample, people with a history of some lifetime adversity reported better mental health and well-being outcomes than not only people with a high history of adversity but also than people with no history of adversity. Specifically, U-shaped quadratic relationships indicated that a history of some but nonzero lifetime adversity predicted relatively lower global distress, lower self-rated functional impairment, fewer posttraumatic stress symptoms, and higher life satisfaction over time. Furthermore, people with some prior lifetime adversity were the least affected by recent adverse events. These results suggest that, in moderation, whatever does not kill us may indeed make us stronger
Developmental psychology · Distress · Life satisfaction · Mental health · Moderation · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Vulnerability (computing) · Clinical Psychology · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
Cumulative lifetime adversity and depression among a national sample of U.S. Latinx immigrants
A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom
Developmental Conditions of Adaptive Self-Stabilization in Adolescence
The Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Risk-Taking Behaviors in Emerging Adults
Emotional resilience and event centrality mediate posttraumatic growth following adverse childhood experiences
Multiple trauma exposure and psychosocial functioning in Singaporean children in out-of-home care
Cumulative burden of lifetime adversities
Cumulative effects of the Gulf oil spill and other disasters on mental health among reproductive-aged women
Fortitude in the Face of Adversity
Symptomatology of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
Influence de l’estime de soi, des qualités relationnelles parents-enfants, du soutien social et de l’agression sexuelle sur la résilience auprès d’adolescents autochtones et caucasiens
Associations between adverse childhood experiences and medical students’ interest in careers
Examining the Complex (Curvilinear and Contingent) Associations between Social Distancing Compliance and Subjective Health during a Global Health Crisis
Development and Validation of the Weighted Index for Childhood Adverse Conditions (Wicac)
Past adversity protects against the numeracy bias in compassion
Suffering and compassion
Affective enhancement of working memory is maintained in depression
What time to adapt? The role of discretionary time in sustaining the climate change value–action gap
The development of subjective well-being across the life span
In defense of commitment
Influence of indirect information on interpersonal trust despite direct information
Hard-earned wisdom
Effects of cumulative trauma load on long-term trajectories of life satisfaction and health in a population-based study
Perceived Discrimination, Coping Strategies, and Mexican Origin Adolescents' Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors
The Impact of Invalidating Emotional Experiences in Childhood on Forgiveness in Close Relationships
Personality Strengths
“Shift-and-Persist” Strategies
A conceptual framework for the neurobiological study of resilience
Understanding the Dual Nature of Ambivalence
Psychological Resilience
Post–traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change
Challenge or threat? Cardiovascular indexes of resilience and vulnerability to potential stress in humans
Media’s role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings
Psychological Resilience
More than a feeling
Resilience in the Context of Chronic Stress and Health in Adults
Child Development in the Context of Disaster, War, and Terrorism
Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress
A New Look at Social Support
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Stress and Mental Health in College Students
Resilience training in the workplace from 2003 to 2014
The role of climate change risk perception, response efficacy, and psychological adaptation in pro-environmental behavior
From catastrophe to culture
Tobit Transformed
Childhood Misfortune and Handgrip Strength Among Black, White, and Hispanic Americans
Steeling or Sensitizing? A Longitudinal Examination of How Ongoing Accumulation of Negative Life Events Affects Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
Life Course Stressors and Functional Limitations in Later Life Among White, Black, and Hispanic Adults
The Effect of Lifetime Cumulative Adversity and Depressive Symptoms on Functional Status
Lifetime Adversity in the Context of Monthly Adversity and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife
Psychological and behavioral characteristics of overweight and obese Chinese college students with high stress
Effects Of Early Trauma and Recent Stressors on Depression, Anxiety, and Anger
Physical, mental and behavioral health indicators in relation to academic performance in European boys and girls
Heterogeneity of resilience and the curvilinear relationship between childhood trauma and resilience among people with schizophrenia
Are Sexual Assaults Related to Functional Somatic Disorders? A Cross-Sectional Study
Examining the Complex Trauma Definition Using Children’s Self-Reports
Growing Resilience through Interaction with Nature
The Impact of Newly Diagnosed Early Breast Cancer on Psychological Resilience, Distress Levels, and the Perception of Health
Psychosocial Adjustment in Ugandan Children
Does Cyberostracism Reduce Prosocial Behaviors? The Protective Role of Psychological Resilience
Examining Grit as a Protective Factor Against the Cognitive and Emotional Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences
The Role of Victim’s Resilience and Self-Esteem in Experiencing Internet Hate
Does Adversity Make Us Wiser Than Before? Addressing a Foundational Question Through Interdisciplinary Engagement
Antifragility and Growth Through Adversity
Associations Between Parental Psychological Control and Covid-19 Pandemic-Related Negative Emotions
Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the 10-item Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-Risc) among adolescent mothers in Peru
Associations Between Complex Trauma Exposure in Childhood/Adolescence and Psychopathology in Older Age
Brief resilience scale (BRS) in a sample of Indian college students
Modelling the Relationship Between Resilience to Depression and Recent Stressful Life Events in University Students
Severity of Adversity Predicts Lower Costly Helping
The impact of early adversity on later life health, lifestyle, and cognition
New norm values of the brief resilience scale (BRS) from the German general population with new post-Covid-19 data
Childhood Trauma and Pregnancy Psychosocial Experiences of Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Vulnerability in Health Trajectories
Resiliencia
From pressure to proactivity
Increasing Stress Resilience in Difficult Times
Can countries shape the association between cumulative adversity and old-age health
Effects of general and corona-specific stressors on mental burden during the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic in Germany
Too much to learn, too little to move? The impact of course load on university students’ physical wellbeing
Substantial increase in perceived benefits over harms of Covid-19 outbreak but persistent socioeconomic disparities
Positive Cognitive Reappraisal in Stress Resilience, Mental Health, and Well-Being
Advancing the Study of Resilience to Daily Stressors
Clergy Resilience
Fostering resilience and commitment among volunteers
The role of early adverse experience and empathy in the prediction of pathological concern
Roaring with risk
Challenge-hindrance stressors and cyberloafing
The role of perceived negative childhood experiences in the context of recent stress
Measurement invariance of the CD-Risc-10 across gender, age, and education
"Covid-19 spreads round the planet, and so do paranoid thoughts". A qualitative investigation into personal experiences of psychosis during the Covid-19 pandemic
Experiences of adult siblings of those with developmental coordination disorder (DCD)
A philosophical approach to improving empirical research on posttraumatic growth
Exploring Heterogeneous Effects of Victimization on Changes in Fear of Crime
Keeping STEM in the game
Association of early adversity, neuroticism, and depression with perceived severity ratings of stressful life event vignettes
A CEO’s Childhood Family Decline and Corporate Social Responsibility
Does religiosity/spirituality promote positive well-being for middle-aged adults in the context of monthly adversity
Nursing Students' Grit and Psychological Capital After Crises
The development and validation of the family coping expectations scale
Biased Beliefs About White Releasees’ Sensitivity to Social Pain
Overcoming the Odds
Stress Burden and the Lifetime Incidence of Psychiatric Disorder inYoung Adults
Relationship Between Multiple Forms of Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Mental Health in Community Respondents
Resilience, competence, and coping
Health complaints, stress, and distress
Positive change following trauma and adversity
The Effects of Stressful Life Events on Depression
Unemployment Alters the Set Point for Life Satisfaction
Arousal and physiological toughness
The myths of coping with loss.
National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule
The interrelatedness of multiple forms of childhood abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction
Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Community
Implications of Resilience Concepts for Scientific Understanding
Stress, Positive Emotion, and Coping
Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Childhood Adversities and Adult Psychiatric Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication I
Nationwide Longitudinal Study of Psychological Responses to September 11
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
The Development of Coping Resources in Adulthood
Construing Benefits from Adversity
Impact of sexual abuse on children
Intimate Partner Violence as a Risk Factor for Mental Disorders
A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains
Resilience and Thriving
Socioeconomic Status, Resources, Psychological Experiences, and Emotional Responses
Cumulative Adversity and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Child abuse and neglect
Clarifying and Extending the Construct of Adult Resilience
A contemporary learning theory perspective on the etiology of anxiety disorders
Inventorying stressful life events as risk factors for psychopathology
Does repressive coping promote resilience? Affective-autonomic response discrepancy during bereavement
Long-term disability is associated with lasting changes in subjective well-being
Resilience to Loss in Bereaved Spouses, Bereaved Parents, and Bereaved Gay Men
Does it really feel the same? Changes in life satisfaction following repeated life events
The impact of cumulative childhood adversity on young adult mental health
The development of anxiety
Lifetime Traumas and Mental Health
| Unique citing works | 208 |
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| Citations per year | 13,87 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2027 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 186 |