In all these instances, resilience is best understood as a process. It is often mistakenly assumed to be a trait of the individual, an idea more typically referred to as "resiliency".[18] Most research now shows that resilience is the result of individuals being able to interact with their environments and the processes that either promote well-being or protect them against the overwhelming influence of risk factors.[19] These processes can be individual coping strategies, or may be helped There is some limited research that, like trauma, resilience is epigenetic - that is, it may be inherited—but the science behind this finding is preliminary