Scientific Articles - The Life Paths Research Center

Resilience Portfolios & Related

Banyard, V., Hamby, S., & Grych, J. (2017). Health effects of adverse childhood events: Identifying promising protective factors at the intersection of mental and physical well-being. Child Abuse & Neglect, 65, 88-98.

Banyard, V., Hamby, S., & Grych, J. (2016). Using values narratives to promote youth well-being in schools: An exploratory quantitative evaluation of the Laws of Life Essay. School Social Work Journal, 40(2), 1-16.

Grych, J., Hamby, S., & Banyard, V. (2015). The resilience portfolio model: Understanding healthy adaptation in victims of violence. Psychology of Violence, 5(4), 343-354.

Grych, J., Taylor, E., Banyard, V., & Hamby, S. (2020). Applying the Dual Factor Model of Mental Health to understanding protective factors in adolescence. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90(4), 458-467.

González Méndez, R., & Hamby, S. (2021). Identifying women’s strengths for promoting resilience after experiencing intimate partner violence. Violence and Victims, 36(1), 29-44.

González Méndez, R., Ramírez Santana, G., & Hamby, S. (online first). Analyzing Spanish adolescents through the lens of the resilience portfolio model. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Hagler, M., Grych, J., Banyard, V., & Hamby, S. (2016). The ups and downs of self-regulation: Tracing the patterns of regulatory abilities from adolescence to middle adulthood in a rural sample. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 40(3-4), 164-179.

Hagler, M., Hamby, S., Grych, J., & Banyard, V. (2016). Working for well-being: Uncovering the protective benefits of work through mixed methods analysis. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17(4), 1493-1510.

Hamby, S. (in press). Strengths-based approached to conducting research with low income and other marginalized populations. In K. McLean (Ed.), Cultural methods in psychology: Describing and transforming cultures. Oxford University Press.

Hamby, S., Banyard, V., & Grych, J. (2016). Strengths, narrative, and resilience: Restorying resilience research. Psychology of Violence, 6(1), 1-7.

Hamby, S., Banyard, V., Hagler, M., Kaczkowski, W., Taylor, E., Roberts, L., & Grych, J. (2015). Virtues, narrative, & resilience: Key findings of the Life Paths Project on the Laws of Life Essay and pathways to resilience. Sewanee, TN: Life Paths Research Program.

Hamby, S., Blount, Z., Taylor, E., Mitchell, K., & Jones, L. (2021). The association of different cyber-victimization types with current psychological and health status in southern Appalachian communities. Violence and Victims, 36(2), 251-271.

Hamby, S., Grych, J., & Banyard, V. (2018). Resilience portfolios and poly-strengths: Identifying protective factors associated with thriving after adversity. Psychology of Violence, 8(2), 172-183.

Hamby, S., Roberts, L. T., Taylor, E., Hagler, M., & Kaczkowski, W. (2017). Families, poly-victimization, & resilience portfolios: Understanding risk, vulnerability & protection across the span of childhood. In Parenting and Family Processes in Child Maltreatment and Intervention (pp. 3-22). Springer, Cham.

Hamby, S., Segura, A., Taylor, E., Grych, J., & Banyard, V. (2017). Meaning making in rural Appalachia: Age and gender patterns in seven measures of meaning. Journal of Happiness and Well-being, 168-186.

Hamby, S., Smith, A., Mitchell, K., & Turner, H. (2016). Poly-victimization and resilience portfolios: Trends in violence research that can enhance the understanding and prevention of elder abuse. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 28(4-5), 217-234.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Grych, J., & Banyard, V. (2016). A naturalistic study of narrative: Exploring the choice and impact of adversity versus other narrative topics. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 8(4), 477-486.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Jones, L., Mitchell, K., & Newlin, C. (2020). Poly-victimization, trauma, and resilience: Exploring strengths that promote thriving after adversity. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 21(3), 376-395.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Mitchell, K., Jones, L., & Newlin, C. (2020). Health-related quality of life among adolescents as a function of victimization, other adversities, and strengths. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 50, 46-53.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Mitchell, K., Jones, L., & Newlin, C. (2020). Is it better to seek or to receive? How social support contributes to resilience. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 7(1), 5-17.

Simultaneously published in French: Est-ce mieux de rechercher ou de recevoir? Un modèle de soutien social à double facteur. Revue international de la resilience des enfants et des adolescents, 7(1), 5-17.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Segura, A., & Weber, M. (in press). A dual-factor model of posttraumatic responses: Which is better, high posttraumatic growth or low symptoms? Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Smith, A., & Blount, Z. (2019). Resilience Portfolio Questionnaire manual: Scales for youth. Sewanee, TN: Life Paths Research Center. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27296.74243

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Smith, A., Mitchell, K., Jones, L., & Newlin, C. (2019). New measures to assess the social ecology of youth: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(7), 1666-1681.

Hamby, S., Thomas, L. A., Banyard, V. L., de St Aubin, E., & Grych, J. (2015). Generative roles: Assessing sustained involvement in generativity. American Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), 24-32.

Manco, N., & Hamby, S. (online first). A meta-analytic review of interventions that promote meaning in life. American Journal of Health Promotion.

Segura, A., Pereda, N., Guilera, G., & Hamby, S. (2017). Resilience and psychopathology among victimized youth in residential care. Child Abuse & Neglect, 72, 301-311.

Roberts, L., Banyard, V., Grych, J., & Hamby, S. (2019). Well-being in rural Appalachia: Age and gender patterns across five indicators. Journal of Happiness Studies, 1-20.

Roberts, L. T., Hamby, S. L., Banyard, V. L., & Grych, J. (2015). Beyond collective efficacy: New brief measures to assess the outer layers of the social ecology. American Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), 14-23.

The resilience portfolio model calls for the identification of key strengths (individual, family, and community) that help people overcome trauma and other adversity. Strengths are organized into three domains: meaning making, regulatory, and interpersonal. We have published several papers trying to identify the most helpful strengths and explore the under-appreciated strengths of marginalized people. No one is good at everything, but everyone can build a portfolio of strengths to cope with life’s inevitable ups and downs.

Polyvictimization & Other Trauma

Banyard, V., Weber, M. C., Grych, J., & Hamby, S. (2016). Where are the helpful bystanders? Ecological niche and victims’ perceptions of bystander intervention. Journal of Community Psychology, 44(2), 214-231.

Bell, A. S., Dinwiddie, M., & Hamby, S. (2018). Gender patterns in intimate partner violence: Results from 33 campus climate surveys based on the Partner Victimization Scale. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34326.86086. Sewanee, TN: Life Paths Research Center.

Hamby, S., Banyard, V., & Grych, J. (2016). Prevention of interpersonal violence. In J. Norcross, G. VandenBos, & D. Freedheim (Eds.), APA Handbook of Clinical Psychology: Volume 3 Applications and Methods (pp. 511-522). Washington, DC: APA. doi: 10.10371/14861-027

Hamby, S., Blount, Z., Smith, A., Jones, L., Mitchell, K., & Taylor, E. (2018). Digital poly-victimization: The increasing importance of online crime and harassment to the burden of victimization. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 19(3), 382-398.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Jones, L., Mitchell, K. J., Turner, H. A., & Newlin, C. (2018). From poly-victimization to poly-strengths: Understanding the web of violence can transform research on youth violence and illuminate the path to prevention and resilience. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(5), 719-739.

Hamby, S., Weber, M. C., Grych, J., & Banyard, V. (2016). What difference do bystanders make? The association of bystander involvement with victim outcomes in a community sample. Psychology of Violence, 6(1), 91-102.

Taylor, E., Banyard, V., Hamby, S., & Grych, J. (2019). Not all behind closed doors: Examining bystander involvement in intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34 (18), 3915-3935.

The newest science suggests that understanding dose is essential for understanding the true burden of trauma. Polyvictimization is the total of all the different types of victimization a person has experienced over their lifetime. Polytrauma is a similar concept that includes other types of adversities. Polyvictimization and polytrauma have been associated with over 40 different health outcomes.

Other Topics

Banyard, V., Hamby, S., de St. Aubin, E., & Grych, J. (2019). Values narratives for personal growth: Formative evaluation of the Law of Life essay program. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 59(2), 269-293.

Hagler, M., Hamby, S., Banyard, V., & Grych, J. (2019). “We almost had the whole block’s phone number on the wall”: A mixed methods investigation of informal helping in a predominantly rural sample. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(3), 477-494.

Hamby, S., Blount, Z., Eidson, E., Smith, A., Rice, J., & Bardi, C. A. (2017). Breaking free from the web of violence: Asset-based approaches for boys and men of color. Philadelphia, PA: RISE for Boys and Men of Color. Available at http://www.equalmeasure.org/breaking-free-web-violence-asset-based-approaches-boys-men-color/.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Jones, L., & Mitchell, K. (2018). A Portrait of Technology in Rural Appalachia: Patterns of Technology Use, Attitudes, and Safety Practices In a Low-Income Rural Sample Recruited Offline. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18545.79205. Sewanee, TN: Appalachian Center for Resilience Research.

Hamby, S., Taylor, E., Smith, A., Mitchell, K., & Jones, L. (2018). Technology in rural Appalachia: Cultural strategies of resistance and navigation. International Journal of Communication, 12, 1248-1268.

These articles cover other work on methodology, specific types of trauma, and related topics.