Introducing Resilience Outcome Expectations: New Avenues for Resilience Research and Practice

The present paper introduces Resilience Outcome Expectations (ROE) as the belief in achieving positive adaptation results through one’s action despite an adversarial experience. Resilience is one of the most researched areas in positive psychology and is considered a key to managing mental health and well-being when faced with challenges. The study of resilience has progressed in four waves, encompassing identifying individual factors, recognizing complex processes, developing interventions, and exploring neuroscientific underpinnings for positive adaptation. Additionally, resilience research has been explored in various contexts and cultures, establishing its association with several variables like well-being, self-efficacy, and social support, among many others. Similarly, since the conceptualization of the outcome expectation’s (OE), considerable research has been conducted, illustrating its relevance and significance in different areas such as psychotherapy, exercise, and addictions. There is evidence to indicate that OEs are crucial in motivating, goal-setting toward behavior change, and translating goals into action. Despite such conclusive findings available in these areas, no study has exclusively investigated resilience and OEs. Hence, this paper spotlights new avenues for research by introducing ROE and outlining its usefulness in psychology research. Finally, potential implications of ROE for future directions in research, assessment, and practice are presented. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.