Study confirms: Whatever doesn't kill us can make us stronger

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: Friday, October 15, 2010 - 12:43 in Psychology & Sociology

We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it. However, a new national multi-year longitudinal study of the effects of adverse life events on mental health has found that adverse experiences do, in fact, appear to foster subsequent adaptability and resilience, with resulting advantages for mental health and well being.

The study, "Whatever Does Not Kill Us: Cumulative Lifetime Adversity, Vulnerability and Resilience," to be published in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, is available on the website of the American Psychological Association at http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2010-21218-001/.

It examined a national sample of people who reported their lifetime history of adverse experiences and several measures of current mental health and well being.

Authors are Mark Seery, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo; E. Alison Holman, PhD, assistant professor of nursing sciences, University of California, Irvine; and Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, professor of psychology and social behavior and medicine at UC Irvine.

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http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/10/15/study.confirms.whatever.doesnt.kill.us.can.make.us.stronger

Reminds me of this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXLw_9Ambrc

[billlll]

1. how big the benefit?

More details... Links can have malware.

[Speck Tater]

2. They way I heard it was "Whatever doesn't kill us, makes us wish we were dead." nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. That Which Does Not Destroy Us...

Makes us Old - TC




http://thoughtcrimewave.blogspot.com/2009/05/that-which-does-not-destroy-us.html

[applegrove]

4. This fits in nice with the movie Shadowlands which was about accepting the loss that comes with love

I saw it two nights ago and have been thinking of it since.