Family resilience - contribution of Antonovsky, Walsh, spiritual factors, new contexts

Family resilience - contribution of Antonovsky, Walsh, spiritual factors, new contexts M Tesar The paper presents the view of family resilience through the prism of known concepts of Masten (childhood period), Lerner (adolescence), and Antonovsky (old age). It describes the interconnection of personal resilience and family resilience, namely through the studies of Antonovsky and Walsh, stressing the incorporation of spiritual factors (Pergament) of family resilience into the research. These factors represent an important field of interest of both the researchers and family therapists today. The connections between the research results and the psychological practice as well as the brief comments concerning the related resilience models are also presented.