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Presented at the 17th Annual Research Conference

Resilience: The SAMHSA Perspective

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Session Number: 26 Room: Salon H

Presenting: Nancy Davis

All Authors for this paper: Nancy Davis

Presentation Type: part of symposium

Synopsis: This presentation will introduce the concept of resilience, and briefly review definitional issues related to resilience, and research on individual and environmental factors that contribute to positive outcomes for individuals who have experienced significant adversity. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has incorporated these factors that contribute to resilience in several of its activities, and seeks to further incorporate it into prevention, intervention, and system-building activities. This presentation will present information on SAMHSA efforts to incorporate the lessons learned from research on resilience into children's mental health.

Date: Monday, March 1, 2004

Session Time: 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Promoting Resilience for Children in Ohio's Mental Health System Symposium on Resilience

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Session Number: 26 Room: Salon H

Presenting: Rick Shepler

All Authors for this paper: Rick Shepler

Presentation Type: part of symposium

Synopsis: Promoting resilience for children with serious emotional disabilities is a major area of concentration and development for Ohio's mental health system of care. Ohio's current direction with resilience is to promote the development of local mental health systems that are grounded in evidence-based practices, which foster resilience at both the prevention and intervention levels, with the ultimate outcome of resilient individuals, families, and communities. Proposed components of a resilience-based mental health system will be shared, as well as factors considered important to its implementation and dissemination.

Date: Monday, March 1, 2004

Session Time: 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Development of the Early Adolescence Resilience Survey

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Session Number: 26 Room: Salon H

Presenting: Lodi Lipien

All Authors for this paper: Lodi Lipien; Robert Friedman; Katherine Best

Presentation Type: part of symposium

Synopsis: This presentation describes the development of an instrument to measure resilience in early adolescence, a developmental period that is often associated with an increasing number of stressors with important implications for adult adjustment. The Early Adolescence Resilience Survey (EARS) was developed based on judgments of a panel of experts (N = 17) who elicited items and identified resilience constructs from reviews of existing research. Seventy-two questions representing five related constructs (i.e., interpersonal connections, skills and competencies, contributions, high expectations, and hope/optimism) were selected. Items were scored on a 1-to-5 Likert scale with responses ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Two studies were conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the instrument. In Study 1, pilot testing of items was conducted by administering the instrument to 58 respondents at four summer camps. Good reliability in the form of internal consistency was demonstrated across constructs. To assess the instrument’s measurement model and to explore construct validity, Study 2 administered a modified instrument as well as the Vanderbilt Positive Functioning Index (VPFI) to 397 young adolescents at 16 child-care programs.

Date: Monday, March 1, 2004

Session Time: 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Resilience and Children's Mental Health

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Session Number: 26 Room: Salon H

Presenting: Robert Friedman

All Authors for this paper: Robert Friedman

Presentation Type: brief symposium

Synopsis: (Not Available)

Date: Monday, March 1, 2004

Session Time: 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM