Measuring resilience in children: a review of recent literature and recommendations for future research
| Autor: | Eszter Szekely, David P Laplante, Ashley Wazana, Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau, Leonora King, Robert D. Levitan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Resilience Psychological Early life Checklist 030227 psychiatry Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine Adverse Childhood Experiences Surveys and Questionnaires Scale (social sciences) Humans Observational study Self Report Psychological resilience Child Child Behavior Checklist Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery media_common Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 34:10-21 |
| ISSN: | 1473-6578 0951-7367 |
| Popis: | Purpose of review Understanding variability in developmental outcomes following exposure to early life adversity (ELA) has been an area of increasing interest in psychiatry, as resilient outcomes are just as prevalent as negative ones. However, resilient individuals are understudied in most cohorts and even when studied, resilience is typically defined as an absence of psychopathology. This review examines current approaches to resilience and proposes more comprehensive and objective ways of defining resilience. Recent findings Of the 36 studies reviewed, the most commonly used measure was the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (n = 6), followed by the Child Behavior Checklist (n = 5), the Resilience Scale for Chinese Adolescents (n = 5), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (n = 4), and the Child and Youth Resilience Scale (n = 3). Summary This review reveals that studies tend to rely on self-report methods to capture resilience which poses some challenges. We propose a complementary measure of child resilience that relies on more proactive behavioral and observational indicators; some of our preliminary findings are presented. Additionally, concerns about the way ELA is characterized as well as the influence of genetics on resilient outcomes prompts further considerations about how to proceed with resiliency research. |
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