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Development of Coping in the Formative Years: Building Resilience

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Coping and the Challenge of Resilience

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Coping and development are interlinked in a bidirectional way, in that development determines coping but how an individual copes also impacts development. The relationship between coping and development provides a framework for understanding how coping can contribute to resilience. Ages and stages of development have an impact and the picture is compounded by the fact that at different stages of the lifecycle individuals are confronted by different stresses.

Until I was 10 my mum and dad were people who said ‘you can do whatever you want’. They were very encouraging and supportive. (Julian, accountant)

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Frydenberg, E. (2017). Development of Coping in the Formative Years: Building Resilience. In: Coping and the Challenge of Resilience. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56924-0_8

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