Protective Factors

Protective Factors is a theoretical construct within psychological and public health research denoting characteristics, conditions, or processes that, when present, reduce the likelihood or mitigate the impact of psychosocial risks and dysfunction across developmental or environmental contexts.

Publications

136.1K

Citations

6.9K

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

805

Parents

Abnormal PsychologyBehavioral DisordersCommunity PsychologyDevelopmental PsychopathologyMental Health PromotionSubstance Use PreventionViolence Prevention

Children

Connectedness To AdultsHigh-quality ParentingMastery OrientationPositive Peer Relations

Publications

Positive Events and Social Supports as Buffers of Life Change Stress<sup>1</sup>

Sheldon Cohen, Harry M. Hoberman · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 1983 · 2.7K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +16

Protective factors in children's responses to stress and disadvantage.

Michael Rutter · PubMed · 1979 · 1.5K citations

Education, Child Health, Psychology +12

Coming to Terms With the Terms of Risk

Helena C. Kraemer · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1997 · 1.4K citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry +16

A new rating scale for adult resilience: what are the central protective resources behind healthy adjustment?

Oddgeir Friborg, Odin Hjemdal, Jan H. Rosenvinge et al. · International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research · 2003 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychology +17

Emotional Affinity toward Nature as a Motivational Basis to Protect Nature

Elisabeth Kals, Daniel Schumacher, Leo Montada · Environment and Behavior · 1999 · 1.2K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +13

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Authors

6.9K

JD
J. David Hawkins
University of Washington, United States
20 publications · 3.4K citations
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RF
Richard F. Catalano
University of Washington, United States
16 publications · 3K citations
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GH
Gene H. Brody
University of Georgia, United States
14 publications · 1K citations
14
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OH
Odin Hjemdal
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
13 publications · 2.7K citations
13
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MB
Michael B. Madson
University of Southern Mississippi, United States
11 publications · 280 citations
11
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1–5 of 6.9K

Institutions

1–8 of 2K

Venues

PubMed
Repository · 43 publications · 3.2K citations
23
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Frontiers in Psychology
39 publications · 1.9K citations
23
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
48 publications · 1.6K citations
23
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Child Development
21 publications · 4.3K citations
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Addictive Behaviors
28 publications · 1.5K citations
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