Presentation Title
PL-1 Psychological Body Armor and Responders: Applications to Building Resilience in the Research Mentor-Mentee Relationship
Presenter Status
Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Associate Professor of Psychology
Preferred Session
Oral Session
Location
Buller Hall, Room 251
Start Date
25-10-2019 12:30 PM
Presentation Abstract
Psychological Body Armor (PBA) is a unique form of human resilience consisting of two key pathways: proactive resilience (one's immunity to crisis) and reactive resilience (one's ability to bounce back from adverse experiences). Recent exploratory research was able to identify several components from each pathway that predicts overall resilience, which disaster mental health and other emergency responders can build to help maintain functioning after exposure to traumatic events. However, these same components can be applied to help strengthen the research mentor-mentee relationship in order to enhance the quality, efficacy and productivity of collaborative research pursuits.
PL-1 Psychological Body Armor and Responders: Applications to Building Resilience in the Research Mentor-Mentee Relationship
Buller Hall, Room 251
Psychological Body Armor (PBA) is a unique form of human resilience consisting of two key pathways: proactive resilience (one's immunity to crisis) and reactive resilience (one's ability to bounce back from adverse experiences). Recent exploratory research was able to identify several components from each pathway that predicts overall resilience, which disaster mental health and other emergency responders can build to help maintain functioning after exposure to traumatic events. However, these same components can be applied to help strengthen the research mentor-mentee relationship in order to enhance the quality, efficacy and productivity of collaborative research pursuits.