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Authors

Jing-Lei Xu

DOI

10.1016/j.stueduc.2026.101693

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Why it matters for resilience science

Schools: Schools are a key adaptive system: effective schools and engaged teachers repeatedly show protective effects for children in adversity.

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Authors

Zahra Mirmohammadi, Zeinab Mondalizadeh

DOI

10.22108/asml.2026.148147.1135

What the paper reports

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of transformational leadership in enhancing resilience and ensuring the continuity of family-owned sports businesses. The study employed a descriptive survey design with a correlational approach. The statistical population consisted of key managers and influential employees working in family-owned sports businesses in Iran, from which 90 participants were selected using a convenience sampling method. Data were collected using the Organizational Resilience Questionnaire developed by Lengnick-Hall et al. (2011), the Transformational Leadership Scale proposed by Rafferty and Griffin (2004), and the Business Survival Questionnaire developed by Kozak (2017). The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS software. The findings revealed that transformational leadership has a direct and significant effect on resilience (path coefficient = 0.811) as well as on the survival of family-owned sports businesses (path coefficient = 0.384). In addition, the results indicated that resilience directly influences business survival (path coefficient = 0.477) and mediates the relationship between transformational…

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Design

survey

Sample

90 participants

Key findings (from the abstract)

• The findings revealed that transformational leadership has a direct and significant effect on resilience (path coefficient = 0.811) as well as on the survival of family-owned sports businesses (path coefficient = 0.384).
• In addition, the results indicated that resilience directly influences business survival (path coefficient = 0.477) and mediates the relationship between transformational…

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

Family systems: Family is the first line of the "short list" of protective factors — parenting quality and family cohesion are powerful, ordinary magic.

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Authors

Linda Liebenberg, Angelo Bernard, Jenny Reich, Arnold Sylliboy, Kevin Christmas, Richard Andrew et al.

DOI

10.3389/fdpys.2026.1967303

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What the paper reports

Introduction Indigenous young men living on Turtle Island—what is colonially known as Canada—face a multitude of intersectional challenges to their wellbeing. Colonially imposed cultural genocide has significantly undermined cultural frameworks and lifestyles. Additionally, racist and marginalizing policies and practices enacted by colonial and more recent settler governments have left communities grappling with intergenerational trauma. This trauma is compounded by systemic factors that leave Indigenous communities underserved and under-resourced in every respect. Finally, cultural colonization regarding gender identity and roles serves to further undermine cultural frameworks. Here, young men especially are exposed to toxic notions of masculinity that often intersect with undiagnosed depression, anxiety, and/or trauma, augmenting unhealthy coping practices. Methods Our participatory action research in a Mi'kma'ki community in Atlantic Canada, the unceded and ancestral territories of the Mi'kmaw people, explored “what boys need to grow up into healthy young men.” We used a variety of reflective approaches to answer this question. Results Our central findings highlighted the…

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Key findings (from the abstract)

• Colonially imposed cultural genocide has significantly undermined cultural frameworks and lifestyles.

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Mechanism: what are the underlying processes that connect the measured factors to outcomes?

Why it matters for resilience science

Culture: Culture shapes which protective factors matter and how resilience is expressed; cross-cultural evidence keeps the science honest.

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Authors

Alvin Ilham Adestya, Yulita Pujilestari, Herdi Wisman Jaya

DOI

10.58421/gehu.v5i6.2065

What the paper reports

Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) supports teachers’ discretionary and cooperative behaviors in elementary schools. However, limited evidence has examined emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, and resilience simultaneously in relation to OCB among public elementary school teachers in Indonesia. This study examined the partial and simultaneous associations of these three variables with OCB. A quantitative associative, cross-sectional design was employed with 248 public elementary school teachers in Pamulang District, South Tangerang City. Data were collected using Likert-scale questionnaires and analyzed through descriptive statistics, classical assumption tests, multiple linear regression, t-tests, F-test, and coefficient of determination. Emotional intelligence (B = 0.198, β = 0.168, p = 0.003), spiritual intelligence (B = 0.176, β = 0.133, p = 0.017), and resilience (B = 0.663, β = 0.475, p < 0.001) were positively associated with OCB. The regression model was significant (F = 28.698, p < 0.001) and explained 26.1% of OCB variance (R² = 0.261). Resilience showed the strongest standardized association with OCB. These findings suggest that emotional, spiritual,…

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Design

cross sectional

Key findings (from the abstract)

• Emotional intelligence (B = 0.198, β = 0.168, p = 0.003), spiritual intelligence (B = 0.176, β = 0.133, p = 0.017), and resilience (B = 0.663, β = 0.475, p < 0.001) were positively associated with OCB.
• Resilience showed the strongest standardized association with OCB.

Stated limitations

• However, limited evidence has examined emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, and resilience simultaneously in relation to OCB among public elementary school teachers in Indonesia.
• A quantitative associative, cross-sectional design was employed with 248 public elementary school teachers in Pamulang District, South Tangerang City.

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

Schools: Schools are a key adaptive system: effective schools and engaged teachers repeatedly show protective effects for children in adversity.

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Authors

Ling-Ying Cheng, Yu-Jun Xiong, Tian Lv

DOI

10.1186/s12889-026-30293-0

What the paper reports

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be associated with adolescent social media engagement, but cumulative counts can obscure differences between co-occurring adversity patterns. We examined these associations in the 2023 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). We analyzed 9,603 students with complete data on eight ACE indicators, social media frequency and analysis covariates. The primary outcome was social media use at least hourly; the original threshold of at least several times a day was retained as a sensitivity outcome. Exploratory latent class analysis identified ACE profiles. Survey logistic regression incorporated weights, strata and primary sampling units. ACE-only XGBoost models and out-of-fold Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) were examined overall and by sex. At least hourly use was reported by 3,844 students (40.0% unweighted; 38.2% survey-weighted). Five latent profiles were identified. Compared with the low-ACE profile, the household mental illness/emotional abuse profile had an aOR of 1.35 (95% CI 1.11–1.63), while the high multi-type profile had an aOR of 1.18 (95% CI 0.99–1.39) and was not statistically significant. Each additional ACE had an aOR of…

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Design

survey

Sample

603 students; 844 students

Population

adolescent

Key findings (from the abstract)

• Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be associated with adolescent social media engagement, but cumulative counts can obscure differences between co-occurring adversity patterns.
• Compared with the low-ACE profile, the household mental illness/emotional abuse profile had an aOR of 1.35 (95% CI 1.11–1.63), while the high multi-type profile had an aOR of 1.18 (95% CI 0.99–1.39) and was not statistically significant.

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

ACEs: Adverse childhood experiences are the classic stressor axis in resilience science; this paper maps which adversities matter most and for whom.

Schools: Schools are a key adaptive system: effective schools and engaged teachers repeatedly show protective effects for children in adversity.

Auto-generated report from public metadata and the publisher abstract. Framing reflects the resilience-science lens of Ann S. Masten's work; it is not a peer review and not written by Ann.

Authors

NSEMO DAVID, Ekpenyong Bassey Obo

DOI

10.67199/04ak7987

What the paper reports

Strategic succession planning is increasingly recognized as a critical determinant of the long-term sustainability of family enterprises. However, extant literature has largely examined succession as a leadership replacement or governance process, with limited attention to the organizational mechanisms through which it contributes to sustainable enterprise development. This conceptual paper develops a capability-based framework that explicates how strategic succession planning enhances organizational resilience and ultimately, sustainable family enterprise development. This study adopts a narrative literature review and theory synthesis approach, drawing on the Resource-Based View (RBV), Dynamic Capability Theory (DCT) and contemporary literature on family business succession, organizational resilience, governance and sustainability. Through conceptual integration of extant literature, this paper develops a framework in which formal succession planning and systematic successor identification strengthen organizational resilience by preserving strategic knowledge, institutionalizing governance and improving organizational adaptability. This framework advances succession planning…

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Stated limitations

• However, extant literature has largely examined succession as a leadership replacement or governance process, with limited attention to the organizational mechanisms through which it contributes to sustainable enterprise development.

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

Family systems: Family is the first line of the "short list" of protective factors — parenting quality and family cohesion are powerful, ordinary magic.

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Authors

Rossella Suriano, Antonio Aquino, Grazia Maria Giovanna Pastorino, Francesca Felicia Operto

DOI

10.1186/s40359-026-05841-3

What the paper reports

Positive childhood experiences are increasingly recognized as developmental resources that may promote psychological adaptation beyond the absence of adversity. This study examined the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale (BCEs) and its incremental contribution to resilience beyond adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). A community sample of 644 Italian adults (68.94% women; M_age = 28.22, SD = 9.78) completed the BCEs, ACE-Q, and Brief Resilience Scale. Item endorsement rates, internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance across gender, correlations, and hierarchical regression analyses were conducted. Item endorsement was high, and a one-factor confirmatory factor analysis using WLSMV showed overall acceptable model fit. Internal consistency was moderate (KR-20 = 0.63; ω = 0.66), and gender invariance was partially supported. BCEs were negatively associated with ACEs and positively associated with resilience. In hierarchical regression analyses, BCEs made a small but statistically significant incremental contribution to the prediction of resilience beyond age, gender, and ACEs (ΔR² = 0.017).…

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Sample

sample of 644

Population

adults

Key findings (from the abstract)

• Item endorsement was high, and a one-factor confirmatory factor analysis using WLSMV showed overall acceptable model fit.
• BCEs were negatively associated with ACEs and positively associated with resilience.
• In hierarchical regression analyses, BCEs made a small but statistically significant incremental contribution to the prediction of resilience beyond age, gender, and ACEs (ΔR² = 0.017).…

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

ACEs: Adverse childhood experiences are the classic stressor axis in resilience science; this paper maps which adversities matter most and for whom.

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Authors

Mohammed Mellouki, Mohamed Bencharki

DOI

10.1177/01650254261497914

What the paper reports

The association between antisocial behavior and self-regulation is well established, but their developmental interplay remains insufficiently understood. Network analysis has increasingly been used to explore these relationships. We conducted a systematic review (PROSPERO: CRD420251161642) of studies applying network analysis to examine these connections in youth aged 6 to 18 years. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, five databases were searched. Fourteen studies met the inclusion criteria ( N > 24,000; 64% longitudinal). Results showed that externalizing networks, including antisocial symptoms, were organized into distinct, interconnected clusters. At the symptom level, anger, temper, and arguing were the most central oppositional symptoms, whereas impulsive symptoms (difficulty waiting, blurting out, interrupting) functioned as bridge nodes linking externalizing clusters. At the process level, impulsivity emerged as a transdiagnostic bridge, whereas inhibitory control and emotion regulation were key central processes. Developmentally, three potential intervention targets emerged: behavioral impulsivity in childhood,…

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Design

network analysis, systematic review, meta analyses, longitudinal

Key findings (from the abstract)

• Results showed that externalizing networks, including antisocial symptoms, were organized into distinct, interconnected clusters.

Open questions this report raises

• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?
• Mechanism: what are the underlying processes that connect the measured factors to outcomes?

Why it matters for resilience science

Schools: Schools are a key adaptive system: effective schools and engaged teachers repeatedly show protective effects for children in adversity.

Auto-generated report from public metadata and the publisher abstract. Framing reflects the resilience-science lens of Ann S. Masten's work; it is not a peer review and not written by Ann.

Authors

Wang Zheng, Yueling Wei, Mengjun Liu, Bo Yang, Yueying Xu

DOI

10.1111/bjep.70136

What the paper reports

BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are linked to poorer academic outcomes, but less is known about how they shape students' everyday learning processes and the affective mechanisms involved. OBJECTIVE: To test whether ACEs predict daily academic engagement and whether daily positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) mediate this association. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: 224 vocational college students completed a 14-day daily diary. All participants were based in mainland China. METHODS: We used multilevel models controlling for gender, age and household income. Indirect effects were tested in separate and parallel multilevel mediation models with 95% CIs. RESULTS: Results showed that ACEs were negatively associated with average daily academic engagement, B = -.104, β = -.287, p = .001. In the separate models, the indirect association through PA was significant, B = -.070, Monte Carlo 95% CI [-.116, -.025], β = -.194, whereas the indirect association through NA was non-significant, B = -.019, Monte Carlo 95% CI [-.043, .003], β = -.053. In the parallel model, the indirect association through PA remained significant, B = -.067, Monte Carlo 95% CI [-.111, -.024], β =…

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Design

daily diary, mediation

Key findings (from the abstract)

• BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are linked to poorer academic outcomes, but less is known about how they shape students' everyday learning processes and the affective mechanisms involved.
• RESULTS: Results showed that ACEs were negatively associated with average daily academic engagement, B = -.104, β = -.287, p = .001.
• In the separate models, the indirect association through PA was significant, B = -.070, Monte Carlo 95% CI [-.116, -.025], β = -.194, whereas the indirect association through NA was non-significant, B = -.019, Monte Carlo 95% CI [-.043, .003], β = -.053.

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

ACEs: Adverse childhood experiences are the classic stressor axis in resilience science; this paper maps which adversities matter most and for whom.

Schools: Schools are a key adaptive system: effective schools and engaged teachers repeatedly show protective effects for children in adversity.

Auto-generated report from public metadata and the publisher abstract. Framing reflects the resilience-science lens of Ann S. Masten's work; it is not a peer review and not written by Ann.

Authors

Zhize Ma, Luming Liu, Qingyun Yu, Wenchao Wang

DOI

10.1007/s11469-026-01753-w

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Why it matters for resilience science

Resilience: Contributes to the broad evidence base on how children and youth adapt to adversity.

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Authors

Gholamreza Sharif

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.23986382

What the paper reports

The mental health of students is a critical factor influencing their holistic development, academic progress, personality formation, and success in both personal and social life. Throughout their education, students encounter various challenges and pressures—such as test anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, academic decline, family conflicts, social pressures, and emotional or psychological changes. How they navigate these issues depends largely on the level of emotional and social support they receive from those around them, particularly parents and teachers. In this context, empathy—defined as the ability to understand the feelings, needs, and circumstances of others—plays a vital role in fostering a safe, supportive, and trusting environment. Empathy from parents and teachers can help cultivate a sense of self-worth, self-confidence, self-belief, and the capacity to manage emotions, thereby strengthening students' psychological resilience. Resilience refers to the ability to adapt positively to difficult circumstances, cope with psychological stress, and regain equilibrium after experiencing setbacks or hardships. This study, which employs a descriptive-analytical approach…

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Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

Family systems: Family is the first line of the "short list" of protective factors — parenting quality and family cohesion are powerful, ordinary magic.

Schools: Schools are a key adaptive system: effective schools and engaged teachers repeatedly show protective effects for children in adversity.

Auto-generated report from public metadata and the publisher abstract. Framing reflects the resilience-science lens of Ann S. Masten's work; it is not a peer review and not written by Ann.

Authors

Lu Yu, Shilan Luo, Wei Zhou, Ye Xin

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1982111

Full text

PDF / open access

What the paper reports

Introduction Parental migration may pose challenges to children’s early learning and development, yet the family processes linking socioeconomic circumstances to their learning behaviors remain insufficiently understood. This study examined the association between family socioeconomic status (SES) and approaches to learning (AtL) among Chinese left-behind children, focusing on sequential indirect associations through social capital and family resilience. Methods This cross-sectional study included 426 children aged 3 to 6 years from two kindergartens in Chongqing, China. Caregivers provided family-related data, and caregivers and teachers rated AtL. Group comparisons used the full sample and covariate-controlled structural equation models tested sequential indirect associations in the left-behind subsamples ( n = 219). Results Completely and partially left-behind children had lower competence motivation and attention/persistence than non-left-behind children, with no significant differences in learning strategy across groups. Among left-behind children, SES correlated positively with AtL, but its direct associations were nonsignificant in both models. Sequential indirect…

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Design

cross sectional

Sample

426 children; n = 219

Key findings (from the abstract)

• Results Completely and partially left-behind children had lower competence motivation and attention/persistence than non-left-behind children, with no significant differences in learning strategy across groups.

Open questions this report raises

• Causality: the design (as described) does not establish temporal order — longitudinal or experimental follow-up would test the proposed pathways.
• Translation: findings are descriptive — can the identified protective factors be deliberately strengthened by intervention?
• Generalizability: would these dynamics hold across cultures and contexts, where the meaning of adversity and support differs?

Why it matters for resilience science

Poverty: Poverty is the most common adversity children face worldwide; the question is which everyday supports buffer its effects.

Family systems: Family is the first line of the "short list" of protective factors — parenting quality and family cohesion are powerful, ordinary magic.

Auto-generated report from public metadata and the publisher abstract. Framing reflects the resilience-science lens of Ann S. Masten's work; it is not a peer review and not written by Ann.