A nursing student is reading an article about protective factors for older adults with mental illness. The article mentions the individual's ability to adapt successfully to stress, trauma, or chronic adversity. The student identifies this as which process?

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Resilience is an individual's ability to adapt successfully to stress, trauma, or chronic adversity. Functional status is the extent to which a person can independently carry out personal care, home management, and social functions in everyday life, in a way that has meaning and purpose. Gerotranscendence is the ninth stage of development that provides for continued growth in dimensions, such as spirituality and inner strength. An empty nest is a home without children or caregiving responsibilities (common in middle-aged adults).

A Nursing Student Is Reading an Article About Protective Factors