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----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Crowley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:46 AM Subject: 'Resilience' ICHS Public Seminar 6 Dec > International Centre for Health & Society, UCL > 2004 Seminar Series > > You are invited to attend > > Monday 6 December 5.00pm (followed by drinks at 6pm) > > Professor Ingrid Schoon, City University > Resilience: Adaptations to a changing life? > > RSVP attendance essential. > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > Abstract > A crucial factor determining health and well-being in human > development is the way in which individuals interact with the > environment in which they live and work throughout their life cycle. > Although it is well known that individuals living in poorer socio- > economic circumstances are not as healthy as those at the top, and > that children raised in socio-economically disadvantaged families are > at an increased risk of developing adjustment problems later on in > life, there is a significant number of individuals who develop into > healthy and competent adults despite the experience of adversity. > Knowledge about the factors and processes facilitating resilience in > the face of adversity can help to improve the life chances of > individuals at risk by reducing the detrimental impact of risk > factors and enhancing resilience by ensuring that appropriate > protective mechanisms are in place. Furthermore, a focus on health > assets and adaptation aims to maximise wellness even before > maladjustment has occurred. The aim of this paper is to outline a > developmental-contextual systems model of individual adjustment > taking into account the dynamic interactions between a developing > individual and a changing socio-historical context. Research stemming > from the ESRC funded network on human capabilities and resilience > will be used to address key issues related to risk factors, > psychosocial resources, as well as risk and protective processes > operating at different life stages and in different life contexts. > > Ingrid Schoon is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre > for Human Development and Well-Being at City University, London. Her > research draws on data collected for three British Cohort Studies > examining the origins, continuity, and change in patterns of > individual adjustment across the life course. > > The seminar will be introduced by Professor Mel Bartley who will > briefly describe the six component projects in the ESRC Priority > Network: Development and persistence of human capability and > resilience in its social and geographical context > (www.capabilityandresilience.org). Those who think the work of this > Network would be relevance to their own work are encouraged to join > the Network's 'end users list'. Please contact Jane Johnson > ([log in to unmask]). > > Ms Patricia Crowley > Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL > 1 - 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT > T: (International code +44 20) or (Domestic code 020) 76791708 > F: (International code +44 20) or (Domestic code 020) 7813 0280 > New Masters course offered see: www.ucl.ac.uk/healthandsociety