Counseling Faculty Publications and Presentations

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

Resilience is an area of emerging interest and applies to people living with a disability.1–3 However, research suggests that few, if any, resilience interventions have been developed and facilitated among people with disabilities.4–6 To address this void and assist people with disabilities in building resilience-based skills, Stuntzner and Hartley3 developed a 10-module resilience intervention (i.e., Stuntzner and Hartley’s Life Enhancement Intervention: Developing Resiliency Skills Following Disability). The following article is a pilot-study utilizing Stuntzner and Hartley’s3 10-module resilience intervention. The intervention was facilitated among a group (N=11) of individuals with varying disabilities. Stuntzner and Hartley’s3 resilience intervention (SHRI) was used to examine its utility in reducing negative emotions (i.e., depression and anxiety) and increasing forgiveness and resilience. Initial findings indicate that participants experienced significant reductions in depression and anxiety and increases in forgiveness and resilience. The study’s strengths and limitations are discussed. Further research is warranted to help professionals understand the intervention’s use and versatility among people with disabilities.

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©2020 Stuntzner et al. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.15406/ipmrj.2020.05.00231

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

First Page

67

Last Page

73

Publication Title

International Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Journal

DOI

10.15406/ipmrj.2020.05.00231

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