Relational Resilience Analysis

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While relational resilience is important and valuable for all, it is particularly salient for people who experience consistent oppression from their sociopolitical and cultural environment. These sociocultural stressors also contribute to emotional distress and mental health disturbances.
At the core of emotional struggle is disconnection and negative relational images (Jordan, 2018). Negative relational images are formed when people have been injured in relationships. These injuries could include the betrayal of trust, shaming, and/or rejection from significant others (family, friends, etc.). Broader societal influences can also cause relational injury through oppression and marginalization of non-dominant cultural or gender groups (Jordan,