Children’s Resilience-Related Beliefs as a Predictor of Positive Child Development in the Face of Adversities: Implications for Interventions to Enhance Children’s Quality of Life

Abstract

Adversity, Resilience, Positive child development, Behavioral quality of life, Chinese children,

Stressors and well‐being in low socio‐economic statusMalaysian adolescents: The role of resilience resources

“…In this final trend, studies consider the neuroscience of resilience or the role of genes in mitigating environmental risks, but these studies are only just beginning (see Cicchetti, 2010;Sapienza & Masten, 2011). In addition, more research is integrating the study of resilience across system levels to promote better adaptation of adolescents (Bond et al, 2005;Lee, Kwong, Cheung, Ungar & Cheung, 2010;Leontopoulou, 2006;Li et al, 2007;Salami, 2010). These system levels recognize all aspects of the individual's life as a total entity which affects resilience.…”

A Review of Literature on At-Risk Adolescent Students in Malaysia: Needing an Academic Resilience Model

“…"Resilience does not come from rare and special qualities, but from the everyday magic of ordinary, normative human resources in the minds, brains, and bodies of children, in their families and relationships, and in their communities" (Masten 2001, p. 9). Thus, resilience encompasses human cognitive, affective, social, and physical development (Lee et al 2010). However, not all people are able to demonstrate their potential resilience; a reason can be the underdevelopment of internal and external resilience assets (protective factors).…”

Adversity in pastoral leadership: Are pastors leaving the ministry in record numbers, and if so, why?

“…Resilient adolescents who have coped with adversities such as foster care or early motherhood Lee et al (2009) present an extensive study on resilience in children in the face of adversity with special reference to the ecological or environmental and cultural factors that influence how people, and by extension their children, approach adversities in life. They go on to state (Lee et al 2009):…”

“…(p. 450) For the purposes of this literature review, what is key in this study is that, in the course of their research, Lee et al (2009:450) highlight the notion that adversity can be a useful element in developing the kind of character in children that would be useful in leadership settings. They state (Lee et al 2009):…”

“…The extrinsic strategies are also extremely useful, and they possibly buttress and strengthen the intrinsic mental foci essential to strengthening leadership in the face of adversity. It seems that, whether from an early age Lee et al (2009), in adolescence (Shepherd et al 2010:273-290) or in adulthood (Farmer & Officer 2010;Jackson et al 2007:5;Jackson & Daly 2011:21-22;Pellegrini 2009), adversity can be a factor in shaping leadership character and capacity. This is true because, if effective leadership is the ability to construct shared meaning (Kerfoot 2003:233) and to inspire action in difficult and adverse situations, the leader will first have learned this process of refining and applying effective intrinsic and extrinsic strategies in situations of personal adversity before applying those same strategies to situations of workplace adversity that require effective and inspirational leadership (Wilson & Rice 2004:3).…”