Resilience as a multi-directional movement process: A conceptual and empirical exploration
1Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
The British Journal of Sociology
|May 7, 2021
Summary
Resilience involves multi-directional movement, not just bouncing back. This study explores how individuals navigate adversity through varied, complex movements influenced by systemic factors.
Area of Science:
- Interdisciplinary research
- Social sciences
- Psychology
Background:
- Resilience scholarship often focuses on "bouncing back" or "bouncing forward."
- Existing theories lack integrated individual-systemic explanations of resilience movement dynamics.
- Movement and flux are central concepts in ecological resilience theories.
Purpose of the Study:
- To frame resilience as a multi-directional movement process.
- To address the gap in integrated individual-systemic explanations of resilience dynamics.
- To explore microlevel movement expressions and their systemic influences.
Main Methods:
- Interdisciplinary theoretical framing of resilience.
- Empirical analysis of interview data from conflict-related sexual violence victims/survivors.
- Focus on everyday forms of movement and systemic environmental influences.
Main Results:
- Resilience is characterized by multi-directional and varied movement, not solely forward or backward progression.
- Individual movements are shaped by and interact with systemic and social-ecological environments.
- Everyday expressions of movement reveal microlevel navigation through adversity.
Conclusions:
- Resilience is a complex, multi-directional movement process influenced by individual and systemic factors.
- Understanding resilience requires examining the interplay between microlevel movements and macrolevel environments.
- The study provides a novel framework for analyzing resilience dynamics in diverse contexts.
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