1. Resilience: A New Definition of Health for People and Communities, Alex J. Zautra, John Stuart Hall, and Kate E. Murray

II. Basic Dimensions of Resilience

A. Biological Dimensions of Resilience

2. Psychobiological Mechanisms of Resilience to Stress, Adriana Feder, Eric J. Nestler, Maren Westphal, and Dennis S. Charney

3. Genes and Environments: How They Work Together to Promote Resilience, Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

B. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Models of Resilience

4. Positive Emotions as a Basic Building Block of Resilience in Adulthood, Anthony D. Ong, C. S. Bergeman, and Sy-Miin Chow

5. Personal Intelligence and Resilience: Recovery in the Shadow of Broken Connections, John D. Mayer and Michael A. Faber

6. The Resilient Personality, Andrew E. Skodol

7. Resilience in Response to Loss, Kathrin Boerner and Daniela Jopp

8. Psychopathology as Dysfunctional Self-Regulation: When Resilience Resources Are Compromised, Paul Karoly

9. Self-Complexity: A Source of Resilience?, Eshkol Rafaeli and Atara Hiller

10. Anchored by Faith: Religion as a Resilience Factor, Kenneth I. Pargament and Jeremy Cummings

C. Resilience across the Lifespan

11. Resilience over the Lifespan: Developmental Perspectives on Resistance, Recovery, and Transformation, Ann S. Masten and Margaret O’Dougherty Wright

12. Early Adversity and Resilience in Emerging Adulthood, Linda J. Luecken and Jenna L. Gress

13. Resilience to Potential Trauma: Toward a Lifespan Approach, Anthony D. Mancini and George A. Bonanno

D. Social Dimensions of Resilience

14. Resilience in Adolescence: Overcoming Neighborhood Disadvantage, Marc A. Zimmerman and Allison B. Brenner

15. Social Support and Growth Following Adversity, Vicki S. Helgeson and Lindsey Lopez

E. Organizational and Public Policy Dimensions of Resilience

16. Building Organizational Resilience and Adaptive Management, Janet Denhardt and Robert Denhardt

17. Indicators of Community Resilience: What Are They, Why Bother?, John Stuart Hall and Alex J. Zautra

III. Ethnic and Cultural Dimensions of Resilience

18. Cultural Adaptation and Resilience: Controversies, Issues, and Emerging Models, Felipe González Castro and Kate E. Murray

19. Cultural Dimensions of Resilience among Adults, Michael Ungar

IV. Interventions for Enhancing Resilience

20. The Emergence of Capacity-Building Programs and Models of Resilience, Martha Kent and Mary C. Davis

21. Boosting Happiness, Buttressing Resilience: Results from Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions, Sonja Lyubomirsky and Matthew D. Della Porta

22. Positive Affect at the Onset of Chronic Illness: Planting the Seeds of Resilience, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz

23. Asset-Based Strategies for Building Resilient Communities, John P. Kretzmann

24. Health in a New Key: Fostering Resilience through Philanthropy, Roger A. Hughes