İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
Individual Resilience and Protective Mental Health: The Role of Psychological Resilience
This review examines the concepts of psychological resilience and preventive mental health, and their roles in individuals' mental health protection and improvement processes. Psychological resilience represents individuals' capacity to adapt to stressful and challenging life conditions, while the preventive mental health approach aims to strengthen individuals' internal resources and environmental support systems. Literature findings show that psychological resilience is effective not only in preventing mental hea …