Ordinary magic. Resilience processes in development.

By A. Masten. American Psychologist, 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Safety Research

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Psychobiology and molecular genetics of resilience (2009, neutral): “The study of resilience, or stress-resistance, originated in the 1970s with a group of researchers who directed their attention to the investigation of children capable of progressing through normal development despite exposure to significant adversit”
Community Resilience: Models, Metaphors and Measures (2009, neutral): “Masten (2001) and others have argued that personality traits must be distinguished from more complex patterns of resilience.”
Positive psychological capital: beyond human and social capital (2004, neutral): “At first, resilience was thought to be quite rare in people, but now, says Masten (2001), there is evidence that it can come “from the everyday magic of ordinary, normative human resources” and “has profound implications for promoting competence and human capital in individuals and society.””
Motivational dynamics in language learning (2015, neutral): “As demonstrated in resilience research, this ironic process – repelling from attractors – is not uncommon and requires ordinary rather than extraordinary abilities, hence its nickname ‘ordinary magic’ (Masten, 2001).”
Brief approaches to assessing task absorption and enhanced subjective experience: Examining ‘short’ and ‘core’ flow in diverse performance domains (2008, positive): “In addition to a bulk of previous research that has assessed life/general resilience/buoyancy (e.g., Luthar and Cicchetti 2000; Masten 2001 ), Martin and Marsh proposed domain-specific buoyancy as a critical factor in individuals’ ability to negotiate the challenges presented to them in a specific ”
The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Teenagers in China (2020, neutral): “The construct of resilience refers to an ability to maintain positive mental health in the face of adversity or stress [12].”
Toward a Culturally and Contextually Sensitive Understanding of Resilience (2016, positive): “…the process of adjusting well to significant adversity, is supported by a complex interplay of personal (including genetic), relational, and contextual protective mechanisms (Bowes & Jaffee, 2013; Cicchetti, 2010; Masten, 2001, 2014; Panter-Brick & Leckman, 2013; Rutter, 1987, 2013; Ungar, 2011).”
Promoting School Completion of Urban Secondary Youth with Emotional or Behavioral Disabilities (2005, positive): “In essence, the everyday ordinary magic of the check & connect monitors routinely integrated into the high school lives of youth with emotional or behavioral disabilities provided that critical system of support and fostered resilience (Masten, 2001).”
Ordinary magic, extraordinary performance: Psychological resilience and thriving in high achievers. (2014, positive): “11 The findings of this study resonate with Masten’s (2001) conclusion that “what began 12 as a quest to understand the extraordinary has revealed the power of the ordinary” (p.”
Self-Efficacy and Resilience: Mediating Mechanisms in the Relationship Between the Transformational Leadership Dimensions and Well-Being (2019, positive): “The current study explores resilience as a personal characteristic that allows the person to find and use internal and external resources to overcome adversities or regain equilibrium once they have occurred (King, Newman, & Luthans, 2016; Masten, 2001; Pooley & Cohen, 2010).”
Language teachers’ coping strategies during the Covid-19 conversion to online teaching: Correlations with stress, wellbeing and negative emotions (2020, positive): “A concept related to wellbeing is psychological resilience, which reflects the capacity to withstand and recover from experiences of psychological adversity or maintain effective functioning despite adverse circumstances (Masten, 2001).”
Protective Factors for Youth Exposed to Violence (2012, neutral): “Moreover, the growing youth development and positive psychology movement contends that there are external factors fundamental for positive development of all adolescents into adulthood, Jain et al. 109 including for at-risk youth (Luthar & Zelano, 2003; Masten, 2001).”
Predictors of Resilience Among Inner City Youths (2010, neutral): “Resilience has been defined as having good outcomes despite the exposure to risk (Carlton et al. 2006; Masten 2001; Tiet and Huizinga 2002).”