Is the Patience the Resilience? Applied Conceptualization of Patience for Critical Situations

Abstract

Over recent decades, many researches have been done on "resilience" and "patience". The question is whether these two variables have one construct or have two different constructs; what similarities and differences they have. This study was a qualitative (analytical) research conducted with a review method, which was a combination of systematic review, content analysis, and literature review. The data were collected from books and articles. The results demonstrated that the patience includes the resilience and beyond. In terms of conceptual constructs, the patience includes the avoidance of anger, the avoidance of lusts, forbearance, perseverance, waiting, and the openness of mind; while, the conceptual constructs of the resilience include tolerance, adaption, return, compatibility, capacity increase, and change and reformation. In such manner, emotional restraint, forbearance, perseverance, waiting, and perfection are the process of patience growth. Therefore, it can be concluded that the patience, as a model in Islamic lifestyle, can be used in prevention and intervention, as well as human growth and evolution, especially in interventions related to crisis. This approach can be a good alternative to emotion-oriented and resilience views.

Keywords

• patience
• resilience
• theory-making
• crisis
• emotion