The Effects Of Resilience On Childhood Development

Scholars define resilience as the outcome of successful adaptation to adversity (Zutra, Hall, & Murray, 2010). Resilience is the ability to recover from adversities challenges in a manner that leaves an individual more flexible and better able to meet future challenges. Resilience involves an ability to react creatively and constructively to change while recognizing that change is an ongoing part of life (Mikail, 2014). Zutra and Hall identify two core dimensions of resilience:

Their aim was to test resilience and examine it between the violence and aggression of middle school and high school students. They claim that bullying has a huge effect on kids in schools and that some may cope and deal with it differently depending on the support and feeling of belonging at school and within their homes. They had 373 students grades 7-10, 54% were girls, 53% were White, 26% were Hispanic, and 56% were economically disadvantaged. Aggression, victimization, perceived family and school connectedness and demographic variables were measured in the study. Results showed that over time there was a decline in aggression due to the resilience process the kids had gone through over time and the closeness they had with their families as they got older. It also showed that the more a child felt they belonged in their school and the more they had the feeling of being protected and supported it compensated for the negative and lowered the aggression rates.

According to Osgood (2014), in order for youth to become resilient they need help building a support system to fall back on, must learn the problem solving skills necessary to live on their

In the article, ‘Resilience in the Face of Potential Trauma,” written by George A. Bonanno, we learn about the resiliency of humans when they are faced with potentially traumatic events. Originally, it was thought that resiliency was an outcome of favorable factors in a person’s life such as supportive relationships. In Bonanno’s first conclusion, he discusses how individuals who experienced a potentially traumatic event are distressed or struggle for a short period of time keep functioning effectively. In his second conclusion, we learn that resilience is the most frequent outcome following a potentially traumatic event. In one study that he conducted, he observed middle aged individuals who had lost their spouses and discovered that more

Michael M.C; Petit, Gregory S.; Bates, John E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; & Lapp, Amie L. (2009). Family Adversity, Positive Peer Relationships and Children's Externalizing Behavior: a Longitudinal Perspective on Risk and Resilience. Child Development, 73(4), 1220-1237.

It is all very well understanding resilience and acknowledging the need for it, but what is involved in being resilient? We know that we want to be resilient, don't we, but often don't know what that entails. This article unpacks some of the ideas around being more resilient and looks at the skills and attitudes required to cope with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, not to mention the deliberate and accidental consequences of people's actions, which have been with us the whole of life.

Cultural structures, values can positively or negatively impact an individual's resilience."Research supports that culture, ethnicity, and environment are major factors in the manifestation of resilience in individuals and communities of color"(Chang, Scott, & Decker, 2009, p. 26).As practitioners we must always be aware

1. How do “effortful control” and “affiliativeness” relate to positive outcomes in children and how do they relate to the “theory of resiliency?” Are these approaches sufficient?

Resilience across a lifespan can happen different ways from physical development to cognitive development. We also have social and emotional development. Throughout this paper resilience will be applied to all of the above mentioned concepts. Resilience across a lifespan is described through theories, measures, and even personality characteristics. Resilience has also been applied to the impacts of disasters and traumatic experiences in which will also be touched on throughout this paper.

Research on resilience has identified key protective factors in a youth’s life that can buffer and prevent the impact of such risk factors as severe stress or trauma (Markstrom, Marshall, & Tryon, 2000; Tiet et al., 1998). The most significant protective factor is the child’s connection

Resilience is the concept to used to explain after an observation was made when some children were more ‘invulnerable’ then other children in same or similar hardships and adversities . Some were able to achieve their goals and move forward, whereas others went under. Resilience is an ability to ‘bounce back’ from adversities and it can create positive outcomes disregards the problem. Especially being resilient in health profession refers to the ability to maintain personal and professional wellbeing in the face of on going work stress and adversities. The researchers researched on resilience to find out how resilience is present in some people and whether the resilience is an innate character of the person or the result of a process of interaction with the environment. And is resilience can be taught or somehow imparted to others. After the observation was made the researchers have established the factors to establish the concept of resilience. The risk factors and the protective factors have been defined and the theory have been changed throughout the researches. By understanding the nature of the risk and

Children and adolescents with complex trauma history may function well in certain areas while exhibiting some problems in other areas Cook et al. (2005). In this sense, Mister has several noteworthy strengths, which promote his functionality in certain areas, whereas he displays aggressive behavioral pattern at times. In the literature, the source of resilience is categorized into three main domains, which are individual, biological and environmental-systemic factors (Herman, et al., 2011). Similarly, Masten (as cited in Feeny & Zoellner, 2014) identified five basic adaptation domains for resilience, which are attachment relationships; intelligence and information processing; motivation to adapt and opportunities for agencies; self-regulation; religious-cultural systems and positive school and environment. In terms of these factors, individual factors especially come into prominence for Mister. Intelligence, positive personal traits, self-efficacy, self-esteem, adaptability, active coping skills are significant individual factors for him. On the other hand, Herman at al. (2001) indicated that these individual factors are associated with early positive life experiences. For example, mother drug use from pregnancy to adolescent period negatively impact on developing neurobiological systems. Similarly reachable and sensitive caregiver in childhood fosters

Resilience is seen when an individual has the ability to recover from misfortunes. Resilience is seen as a protective mechanism; this allows children to get back up after they have failed at doing something. Nurturing a child’s capacity to develop resiliency is not

According to Bukatko (2008) resiliency is the ability “to most effectively resist the negative consequences of risk” and those that due tend to have three factors including a more confident laid back personality, the ability to adapt to negative situations, and the benefits of a close positive relationship (p. 9). There are many reasons why these factors are important to a child’s development. Confidence gives the child a feeling of self-worth and that gives them a feeling of hope that lets them know they will get through. A laid back attitude effects how a child responds to negative situations. Instead of being nervous, anxious, scared, or many other feelings they are more relaxed. The mental and physical effects of a risk are lessened by

The focus of the Ungar article “Families as Navigators and Negotiators: Facilitating Culturally and Contextually Specific Expressions of Resilience” (2010), is on Psychological resilience on both the individual and family level. Resilience by definition is the ability to become