Factores relacionados con la resiliencia en estudiantes de educación básica

Abstract

Today manychildrenhave to facevariousadverse situationsin their daily lives.Resilience isan ability thatcan helpchildren recuperateandovercome adversityand evenallows them toemerge stronger fromthis situation. There are severalprotective factorsinternal and externalwhich facilitates the developmentofthiscapacity. In the present study we describedthe most important factorsassociated withresiliencein studentsof General Basic Education. Also briefly discussed such topics as: the history and definition of resilience, resilient characteristics of children and the importance and building resilience in school.To make this research we used a descriptive methodology. We found that the most important internal factors in building resilience in children are: adequate self-esteem, social competence, empathy, problem solving ability, autonomy, sense of purpose, confidence, hope and optimism. And most important external factors are identified as follows: positive role models, having relationships and support within and outside the family, have a stable and positive bond with at least one person, positive school climate and teacher support.