@ARTICLE{John_Geemol_Adapting_2024, author={John, Geemol and Wani, Mohammad Amin}, volume={vol. 55}, journal={Polish Psychological Bulletin}, pages={150-165}, howpublished={online}, year={2024}, publisher={Committee for Psychological Science PAS}, abstract={Background: The midlife period is a strongly transitional phase reflecting challenges, stressors, and crisis tasks. Resilience is a concept closely related to this period. Resilience refers to the ability to function and flourish as an individual faces adverse situations while adequately maintaining the well-being of the person during this critical time of transition. This thematic review looks upon the theme of resilience when midlife transitions occur and how it affects an individual during that period. Method: The review sourced 160 studies from the Scopus database, EBSCO, and Google Scholar. VOSviewer was used to carry out cluster analysis, which revealed four main themes of resilience in midlife. Each theme was further synthesized to discuss theoretical and practical implications. Results: Four themes emerged from the analysis: Navigating Adversity and Discrimination shows how psychological resilience can be useful in middle-aged people in thriving against the challenges and adversities set forth by society. The impact of adverse childhood experiences sheds light on resilience as a mitigating factor in lifelong health and satisfaction. Life Stressors and Depressive Symptoms demonstrated the role of resilience in mitigating depressive symptoms related to midlife worries. Self-compassion and spirituality in menopause in women and identity crisis in men are related to the development of emotional resilience during crises in both men and women. Conclusion: Future research in resilience should be directed toward longitudinal studies and interventions tailored to the variety of challenges that midlife may present.}, type={Article}, title={Adapting to Change: A Thematic Review of Resilience in Midlife from 2015 to 2023 Abstract}, URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/134880/2024-PPB-15.pdf}, keywords={resilience, midlife, ACE, depressive symptoms, self-compassion, spirituality, menopause}, }