A Systematic Literature Review on the Resilience Reported by BIPOC in the Face of Discrimination

Category

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Psychology

Received

October 18, 2021

Accepted

February 18, 2022

Published

February 28, 2022

Authors

Lianelys Cabrera Martinez, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Aldo Barrita, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Authors

Lianelys Cabrera Martinez (LCM)^1*, Aldo Barrita (AB)¹ , and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Ph.D.¹

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Corresponding Author

*Lianelys Cabrera Martinez, cabre13@unlv.nevada.edu

Corresponding Author ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4020-9613

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9741/2766-7227.1012

Author Contributions

LCM: Collected articles, analyzed and selected literature using the PRIMA method, drafted the manuscript and made significant edits to the manuscript.

AB: Substantially contributed to the research design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, revised the manuscript critically, and approved the version to be published.

GWP: Substantially contributed to the research design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, revised the manuscript critically, and approved the version to be published

Copyright

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Data Availability Statement

The authors of this article confirm that all data underlying the findings are fully available without restrictions.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical Considerations

Given that this project did not involve human or animal subjects, no IRB or IACUC approval was needed. No data are presented in this paper derived from the participants.

Funding

This project was funded by the McNair Summer Research Institute at UNLV.

Abstract

The present study is a systematic literature review on the psychology of resilience, or the ability to bounce back after a difficult situation (Smith, 2008). Although resilience is a timely and relevant variable in social psychology, little is known about its connection to the racism-related experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). This review explores how resilience manifests in the BIPOC community and its influence on the identity of minority groups. Previous research has shown that BIPOC reports higher resilience (Carter, 2012); however, there is still uncertainty around its connection to discrimination. Through the analysis of nine final research articles, we examined four main questions: (a) What is the prominent definition of resilience?, (b) How is resilience experienced or manifested among BIPOC?, (c) How is resilience operationalized when experiencing oppression?, and (d) What are the limitations in the literature of resilience? Results shed light on the need to further investigate resilience as a protective factor against discrimination in the BIPOC community.

Keywords

Resilience, discrimination, racial and ethnic minorities, BIPOC

Submission Type

Primary review article

Recommended Citation

Cabrera Martinez, L., Barrita, A., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2022). A systematic literature review on the resilience reported by BIPOC in the face of discrimination. Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal, 2(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.9741/2766-7227.1012