S84. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING AS A PREDICTOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE PRONIA STUDY

Abstract

Resilience provides a new understanding of the highly variable trajectories of mental illness, and has consistently been linked with improved mental health outcomes. Resilience is largely defined as the presence of additional factors which overcome a specific risk for mental illness, leading to ultimately more positive outcomes than expected given said risk. Previous research in the area has focused on identifying psychological factors which may be associated with resilience. Moving forwards, it is essential that researchers investigate how resilience may function in different domains. The aim for the present research was to conduct a preliminary investigation into the possible role of neuro..