Analyze resilience theory by explaining salient points of this theoretical construct.

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You have been given the opportunity to examine the resilience theory  as well as explore different crises and see how individuals, families,  and groups experience resilience when faced with these different  situations. In this Assignment, you will analyze how constructs of the  resilience theory are used to promote resilience in specific crisis  situations.

Please respond to the following:

  • Analyze resilience theory by explaining salient points of this theoretical construct.
  • Using the different crises from your textbook (Chapters 10-14),  choose one crisis and identify potential risk factors that could impede  upon a family’s ability to be resilient if faced with this particular  crisis.
  • Using the same crisis from above, discuss strategies a human  services professional could use for this particular crisis that would  promote resilience within the family, individual, or group.
  • In this final part, you need to analyze how the strategies used to  promote resiliency are reflective of at least one construct of the  resilience theory. (Example: pacing reorganization of a family after the  death of a loved one is reflective of the process-oriented perspective  (interaction of individual with environment) of the resilience theory)

Assignment Guidelines

Your Assignment should be a 4–6 page expository essay (not including  the title and reference pages) and should include the following  elements:

  • Title page: Provide your name, title of Assignment, course and section number, and date
  • Body: Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs
    • Your responses should reflect professional writing standards using  proper tone and language. The writing and writing style should be  correct, accurate, and reflect knowledge of family resilience across the  life span
  • Reference page: Sources in APA format
    • Include a minimum of three scholarly or academic sources and your text to support your responses and conclusions
    • Make sure that all sources listed on the reference page correspond to an in-text citation in the body of your paper.
  • Use Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, and left aligned
  • Use standard 1″ margins on all sides
  • Use APA Formatting and Citation style

How can you, as a counselor, avoid becoming “stuck” in a particular theoretical framework?

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200 words each

2.  Now that you have studied all the different theories of psychotherapy, what theory do you feel has the strongest approach for the population you may want to work with? Do you think that you will need to learn more than one approach? Why? Bowenian theory for Substance Abuse

3.  How can you, as a counselor, avoid becoming “stuck” in a particular theoretical framework? Identify specific ways that you can ensure you continue to grow. What are some trends you are interested in learning about now that you understand counseling theory?

What are some things we might do to increase how much we value and respect ourselves?

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Last week we investigated goal setting, how to overcome obstacles, and ways to manage stress. This week, we learn about the importance of self-esteem, self-acceptance, and the power of positive thinking. Our readings discuss self-esteem and how it relates to the self-talk you use internally and the confidence you have in yourself.

Reflect on the self-talk you use internally and how this impacts your confidence, attitude, and thinking habits.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

  • What are the differences among self-esteem, self-image, and self-value? Why does it help to differentiate among these terms?
  • In your own words, why do self-esteem and attitude matter?
  • What are some things we might do to increase how much we value and respect ourselves?

Summary and Analysis of Popular Media Article or Current Event

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The Applied Personality Project requires you to critically analyze personality information found in the popular media in relation to empirical research, personality theory, and your own life. You will demonstrate that you are an intelligent consumer of personality research and can think critically about personality theory, assessment, and research in relation to your daily life.

The Applied Personality Project consists of four components:

Component 1: Summary and Analysis of Popular Media Article or Current Event

You will start by locating a popular media article, video or current event that is relevant to personality psychology. Relevant topics may include personality theory, assessment, use of assessment results, personality disorders, or personality research. Your article or current event must have been published (or occurred) within the last six months. For this component of the assignment, you will use information found in the popular media. This includes articles or events distributed via social media, blogs, videos (e.g., Ted Talks), television shows, newspaper reports, magazines, and similar sources.

For example, the LA Times published a report of identical triplets separated at birth in a secret psychology study to understand the relative influence of nature and nurture in personality development (“The surreal, sad story behind the acclaimed new doc ‘Three Identical Strangers’”; https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-three-identical-strangers-documentary-20180702-story.html). An article such as this would be appropriate for your target article/event.

Provide a two-page summary and analysis of the article/event that addresses the following questions:

  • What is the focus of the article/event?
  • Why is this article/event relevant now?
  • What is the relationship between this article/event and personality psychology?
  • What are the key conclusions, questions, or issues relevant to this article/event?
  • What questions remain unanswered in relationship to this article/event?

Your summary and analysis should be written as a coherent essay (do not format as a list of answers to these questions). You may include additional insights in your analysis, but you must address these key issues. In addition, you must provide a hyperlink to the article/event that you are focusing on; if the article/event is not online, you must provide a complete citation so that the instructor can view your article/event.

Component 2: Research Article Application

The next step is to find an empirical, primary-source journal article that is relevant to your article/event. Empirical, primary-source articles are original reports of research published in scholarly journals (such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). You will use the UMGC library database to find primary-source, empirical research. To find a relevant article, you will use personality terms, ideas or theories discussed in your article/event as key words in your library database search. It is your responsibility to make sure that the journal article you select is appropriate. If you are unsure about the relevance of your article, contact your instructor for approval.  Articles must meet the following criteria:

  • Primary research – Articles should report the results of an original research study (no meta-analyses, summaries, editorials or theoretical articles).
  • Refereed – Articles must come from peer-reviewed journals found in the UMGC library.
  • Personality focus – Articles must be relevant to personality psychology.
  • Recent – Articles must have been published within the last 10 years.

For example, the following would be a relevant primary-source, empirical journal article for investigating the influence of nature and nurture on personality:

McCrae, R. R., Costa, P. T., Jr., Ostendorf, F., Angleitner, A., Hřebíčková, M., Avia, M. D., … Smith, P. B. (2000). Nature over nurture: Temperament, personality, and life span development. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(1), 173–186. https://doi-org.ezproxy.umgc.edu/10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.173

Write a three-page summary, analysis, and application of the journal article that addresses the following questions:

  • What is the purpose of this research?
  • How did the researchers investigate their research question?
  • Are the conclusions of the study appropriate? Has the author overemphasized or under-emphasized any findings?
  • What are the key strengths and weaknesses of this study?
  • How does this research add to our understanding of personality or personality theory?
  • How does this study inform your popular article/event?
  • Do the conclusions of this research align with the message of your article/event?

Your summary, analysis, and application should be written as a coherent essay (do not format as a list of answers to these questions). You may include additional insights in your analysis, but you must address these key issues.

Component 3: Connection to Personality Theory

The third step is to analyze your popular article/event in relation to three different theories that we explored throughout the course. For each theory, you will want to explore the relevance (or lack thereof) for understanding your article/event.

Write a one- to two-page analysis for each of your three theories that includes the following information:

  • Brief overview of theory (up to two paragraphs with appropriate citations)
  • Discussion of how the theory either supports and explains your article/event OR how the theory offers an alternate understanding of your article/event
  • Analysis of the value of the theory for understanding personality in the context of your article/event

Component 4: Personal Relevance

The last step is to reflect upon the popular article/event, research, and personality theory in relation to your own life.

Write a three-page reflection and analysis that addresses the following questions:

  • How is the material in this article/event relevant to your life?
  • What can you learn from the personality theories or research relevant to this article/event?
  • Does the article/event or research challenge any of your old opinions? Or does it challenge you to form any new opinions?
  • How can you apply what you have learned about personality research or theory to better understand your life? What is the practical value to understanding personality research or theory?
  • What concerns do you have about the article/event, personality research, or personality theory?

Your reflections should be written as a coherent essay (do not format as a list of answers to these questions). You may include additional insights in your reflection, but you must address these key issues.

Assignment Guidelines

Prepare your assignment according to the following guidelines:

  • Structure your assignment utilizing APA style; this includes title page, headers, subheadings, in-text citations, reference page, and general paper format (1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font, etc.). An abstract is not required.
  • Submit as a single document (do not submit each component of the paper separately) in either Microsoft Word, PDF, or RTF format.
  • Utilize the following subheadings to organize the body of your paper:
    • Summary and Analysis
    • Research Application
    • Personality Theory
      • Theory 1: (name the theory)
      • Theory 2: (name the theory)
      • Theory 3: (name the theory)
    • Personal Reflection
  • Include three to five references (one should be the research article utilized in your analysis).
  • Your final paper should be approximately 13 to 16 pages:
    • Title page (1 page)
    • Body of paper
      • Summary and Analysis (2 pages)
      • Research Application (3 pages)
      • Personality Theory
        • Theory 1 (1-2 pages)
        • Theory 2 (1-2 pages)
        • Theory 3 (1-2 pages)
      • Personal Reflection (3 pages)