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However, it has not adequately examined maternal resilience using a culturally-relevant, socio-ecological lens or how it may be influenced by early-life stressors and resources. The current study contributes to the literature on maternal resilience by qualitatively exploring the salient multi-level stressors and resources experienced over the lifecourse by predominantly low-income and minoritized women.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Procedures<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Data are from 19 women who were either adult mothers with children under 18 years of age living at home or reproductive-aged. Respondents completed semi-structured interviews, and grounded theory analyses identified themes related to stressors experienced and resilience resources utilized over the lifespan.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Four domains relating to maternal stress and resilience, including <jats:italic>stressors<\/jats:italic> (caregiving stress, family conflict, and deaths in the family), <jats:italic>traumas<\/jats:italic> (abandonment, domestic violence, child abuse, and substance misuse), <jats:italic>coping mechanisms<\/jats:italic> (positive mindset, faith, activities, and movement, healthy eating, self-regulation, and self-love\/care), and <jats:italic>supports<\/jats:italic> (family, friends, spouses\/partners, community members, and religious institutions), emerged from the data. Familial relationships were perceived as the most significant support as well as the biggest source of stress and trauma.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>As proposed by the socio-ecological framework, our findings suggest that components of maternal resilience exist at the individual (i.e., positive mindset, faith, self-regulation, self-love, and positive health behaviors), interpersonal (i.e., support from family, friends, and partner), and community (i.e., support from community members and religious organizations) levels.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10995-025-04044-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,27]],"date-time":"2025-01-27T07:24:35Z","timestamp":1737962675000},"page":"194-204","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Exploring Maternal Resilience among Predominantly Low-Income and Minoritized Women"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"29","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9471-9347","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fathima","family":"Wakeel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yalitza","family":"Corcino-Davis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samara","family":"Everman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia H.","family":"Manz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabriella","family":"Ledis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,27]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"4044_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"266","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1939-0025.1989.tb01659.x","volume":"59","author":"WR Beardslee","year":"1989","unstructured":"Beardslee, W. 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