Resilience in low-socioeconomic-status children with asthma: Adaptations to stress

E Chen, RC Strunk, A Trethewey, HMC Schreier… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a strong predictor of many health
problems, including asthma impairment; however, little is understood about why some
patients defy this trend by exhibiting good asthma control despite living in adverse
environments. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to test whether a psychological characteristic,
the shift-and-persist strategy (dealing with stressors by reframing them more positively while
at the same time persisting in optimistic thoughts about the future), protects low-SES children …
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