Resilience in the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Beyond: A Dynamic Multilevel Systemic Resilience Model

ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to individuals, families, and communities worldwide. Resilience—as a dynamic, adaptive process through which individuals, families, and communities navigate adversity, recover, and sustain healthy functioning—has received widespread attention. To address the conceptual gap between a multisystemic view of resilience and the distinct conceptualization of resilience across individual, family, and community levels, we have proposed the following integrative model: the dynamic multilevel systemic resilience model (DMSRM). We begin by reviewing extant resilience literature on definitions; measurement tools; influential factors; theoretical mechanisms; and positive impacts at the individual, family, and community levels, ultimately highlighting a multisystemic view of resilience. We then analyze how COVID‐19‐related policies across cultures, especially Chinese policies, influenced resilience and introduced strategies to enhance resilience. This review aims to provide researchers and policymakers with a comprehensive and multisystemic understanding of resilience to better promote resilience in the context of future crises.