Consequences
The significant outcomes or consequences of resilience are effective coping, mastery, and positive
adaptation. There has been some theoretical discord among scholars in this particular area regarding the level of coping, mastery, and adaptation. For example, Tolan (1996) has stipulated that an individual must excel in multiple domains to be considered resilient. Whereas Luthar (1991) and Luthar, Doernberger, and Zigler (1993) have required excellence in one salient sphere with at least average performance in all other areas. Regardless of the degree of these consequences, their presence is a consistent outcome of the concept of resilience. Effective coping is best described as effec- tively managing the adversity one is faced with in order to function at an optimal level. “Mastery,” a term found frequently in the self-efficacy literature, is defined as possessing great skill or knowledge; and positive adaptation occurs when an individual is rebounding or recovering from a disruptive or adverse event and the recovery is beneficial or effective.
The significant outcomes or consequences of resilience are effective coping, mastery, and positive adaptation.