Data-driven study characteristics
| Study | Adversity (population*) | Positive adaptation | Trajectory model† | Prevalence of resilience (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanno et al23 24 | SARS epidemic survivors | High psychological and physical functioning | 35.0 | |
| Bonanno et al25 | Spinal cord injury | Low anxiety | Anxiety (unconditional model) | 57.5 |
| Anxiety (conditional model) | 58.1 | |||
| Low depression | Depression (unconditional model) | 66.1 | ||
| Depression (conditional model) | 50.8 | |||
| deRoon-Cassini et al26 | Traumatic injury patients | Low depression | 58.0 | |
| Dunn et al27 | Breast cancer surgery patients | Low depression/anxiety | 38.9 | |
| Dunn et al28 | Oncology patients; family caregivers | Low depression | 56.3 | |
| Galatzer-Levy et al29‡ | Police officers | Low psychological distress | 76.7 | |
| Galatzer-Levy et al30‡ | Police officers | Low psychological distress | 76.7 | |
| Holgersen et al31 | Disaster survivors | Positive mental health | 61.4 | |
| Hou et al32 | Colorectal cancer | No depression/anxiety | 65–37 | |
| Lam et al33‡ | Breast cancer patients | Low psychological distress | 66.0 | |
| Lam et al34‡ | Breast cancer survivors | Low psychological distress | 66.0 | |
| Larm et al35 | Clinical substance abuse; general population | High resilience in GP | 52.4 | |
| Good resilience in GP | 47.6 | |||
| High resilience in CS | 24.4 | |||
| High to moderate resilience in CS | 24.5 | |||
| Moderate to high resilience in CS | 33.0 | |||
| Low to moderate resilience in CS | 9.3 | |||
| Low resilience in CS | 8.8 | |||
| Le Brocque et al36 | Accident victims | Few PTSD symptoms | 57.0 | |
| Murphy and Marelich37 | Children of HIV/AIDS diagnosed mothers | Cognitive function, externalising behaviours, social skills | 32.4 | |
| Norris et al38 39 | Mexican flood victims | Few PTSD symptoms | 32.0 | |
| 9/11 New York residents | Few PTSD symptoms | 10.1 | ||
| Nugent et al40 | Children referred to Family Advocacy Program | Few PTSD symptoms | 60.7 | |
| Pietrzak et al41 | 9/11 responders | Few PTSD symptoms | 58.0 | |
| Saad et al42 | Breast cancer surgery patients | Low depression/anxiety | 38.9 | |
| Self-Brown et al43 | Hurricane Katrina survivors | Few PTSD symptoms | 71.0 | |
| Sterling et al44 | Whiplash patients | Low neck disability | 40.0 | |
| Sveen et al45 | Burn victims | No PTSD | 40.0 | |
| Tang et al46 | Caregivers of terminal patients | Low depression | 11.4 | |
| Zhu et al47 | Chronic pain | Low depression | 72.5 |
*Samples were taken from populations exposed to adversity.
†Trajectory models where one or more resilience trajectories are identified.
‡Same data set used.
CS, clinical population sample; GP, general population sample; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.