Tadeusz Marian Ostrowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the
Jagiellonian University in Cracow, the Head of the Developmental
and Health Psychology Department of this University's Institute of
Applied Psychology, a 2nd degree of specialisation in adults
clinical psychology holder.
Iwona Sikorska, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Developmental and
Health Psychology Department, Institute of Applied Psychology,
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
"The monograph Health and Resilience adresses a very important and
still neglected in Poland, issue of the relationship between
psychological resilience and health. This issue is the subject of
interest to a variety of scientific disciplines, including
psychology. The very concept of resilience, however, is still
variously understood and there is no common position in this
regard. It is also in the context of this fact that the present
monograph seems to be important." [...] "The monograph consists of
three parts including 12 chapters written by various authors, both
Polish and foreign. Part one – Social and methodological contexts
of resilience (5 chapters), is an introduction to further
considerations directed at the explanation of the conceptual
clarification and the presentation of the monograph's main ideas,
including the controversies associated." [...] "The second part of
the monograph (3 chapters) - Resilience in development,
investigates the phenomenon of resilience from the perspective of
human development." [...] "The third part of the monograph titled
Resilience and disease (4 chapters) is focused on the relationship
between resilience on the one side and health and disease on the
other." [...] "The monograph's chapters have written in the
knowledgeable and interesting way. They certainly enrich Polish
literature by bringing new information with regard to the
relationship between health and human resilience." [...] "Health
and resilience may be directed at a wide audience interested in
health-related issues, primarily at psychologists, both researchers
and practitioners. It can also provide a valuable source of
information for pedagogues, sociologists, philosophers, physicians,
and other medical professions' representatives."
*Professor Nina Oginska-Bulik, PhD, Institute of Psychology,
University of Lódz*
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