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Stress Resilience Capacity

Meaning

Stress Resilience Capacity is the integrated physiological and psychological ability of an individual to maintain or rapidly return to homeostatic balance following exposure to acute or chronic physical, emotional, or metabolic stressors. This capacity is fundamentally determined by the robustness and efficiency of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis and the underlying neurochemical reserve. High capacity signifies a flexible and appropriate stress response, minimizing allostatic load accumulation.