Research
Our Research and Methodology
Research shows that our levels of resilience and well-being have a direct impact on all aspects of our lives, including our careers, relationships, and health. Science also shows that we can learn and cultivate the skills needed to build our well-being and personal resilience, enabling us to respond more effectively and positively to the demands and challenges of our daily lives.
All of HVRC’s programs have been developed from a substantial body of scientific evidence on resilience and well-being, and integrate the latest research from the fields of neuroscience, psychology, positive psychology, physiology, psychophysiology, cardiology, behavioral economics, and leadership studies. Additionally, specific programs also include research in the fields of history, international relations, and democracy studies. HVRC relies on the latest science to ensure all programs are trauma sensitive.
HVRC Research Reference List
Agren, T., Engman, J., Frick, A., Bjorkstrand, J., Larsson, E.-M., Furmark, T., & Fredrikson, M. (2012). Disruption of reconsolidation erases a fear memory trace in the human amygdala. Science, 337, 1550-1552.
Al-Krenawi, A. & Kimberley, D. (2014). Palestinian youth and their families: Paradoxes of resilience in the cultural and sociopolitical context of conflict, stress, and trauma in the Middle East. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 7(2), 101-112.
Anderson, N.B. & Anderson, P.E. (2003). Emotional longevity: What really determines how long you live. New York, NY: Viking Press.
Apfel, R.J. & Simon, B. (2000). Mitigating discontents with children in war: An ongoing psychoanalytic inquiry. In A. Robben & M. Suarez-Orozco (Eds.), Cultures under siege: Collective violence and trauma (pp. 102-130). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Arnetz, J., Rofa, Y., Arnetz, B., Ventimiglia, M., & Jamil, H. (2013). Resilience as a protective factor against the development of psychopathology among refugees. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(3), 167-172.