Psychological Researches in Management

Psychological Researches in Management

Recognizing cognitive mechanisms of resilience: Philosophical approach

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Hasan Zareei Matin 1
Mohammad Vanaki Farahani 2
Hossein Akhavan Alavi 3
Mahdi Zakeri far 4
Behzad Mohammadian 5
1 Professor, Department of Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi Colleges, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran. Corresponding Author, Email: Matin@ut.ac.ir
2 PhD in Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi Colleges, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran. Email: Farahani.Vanaki@ut.ac.ir
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi Colleges, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran. Email: H.Akhavan@ut.ac.ir
4 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Farabi Colleges, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran. Email: Zaker@ut.ac.it
5 Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Farabi Colleges, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran. Email: B.Mohammadian@ut.ac.ir
10.22034/jom.2025.2066559.1373
Abstract
Resilience is a complex, broad, and multidimensional concept that encompasses many concepts and components, and therefore can be examined from multiple aspects and with diverse approaches at different individual, organizational, and social levels. One of the approaches that has recently received serious and widespread attention in addressing resilience, especially at the individual level, is the cognitive approach. At the same time, given the great breadth and diversity in the definitions and quality of cognitive elements and processes, there are still many scientific-research gaps in the field of theories, patterns, and cognitive models of resilience. The aim of the present study is to identify the mechanisms and cognitive factors affecting resilience with a philosophical approach and to arrive at a model to describe and explain the relationships between the dimensions and cognitive elements of resilience. This research was conducted in two stages using a mixed method and an inductive approach. In the first step, which is based on content analysis of texts and the background of the subject, the cognitive elements and components of resilience were extracted, and in the second step, using structural-interpretive equations, a cognitive model of resilience was obtained. The results of the MICMAC analysis show that among the cognitive dimensions of resilience, the dimension of "looking at existence" is the main dimension that has the greatest impact on other dimensions (independent variable), and the dimension of looking at difficulties and adversities is the dimension that accepts the greatest impact from other dimensions (dependent variable). There is no autonomous variable, and therefore, addressing resilience from a cognitive perspective requires a holistic view of the problem, and any change in any of the cognitive dimensions changes other cognitive dimensions and all cognitive mechanisms of resilience.
Keywords
Keywords: Resilience
Cognition
Attitudes
Cognitive model

Subjects

 
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Psychological Researches in Management
Volume 11, Issue 3
Summer 2025
Pages 151-182