Perception Matters: Subjective Resilience in Humanitarian and Food Security Crises

The authors argue that understanding resilience requires considering not only tangible factors such as assets and social capital but also less tangible, such as risk perception, self-efficacy, and individual aspirations. The article proposes a conceptualization of subjective resilience and tests it using empirical data, highlighting the central role of psychosocial factors and individual perceptions in people's construct of resilience.