Making sense of resilience: A review from the field of paediatric psycho-oncology and a proposal of a model for its study. [Explicando la resiliencia: una revisión desde la psico-oncología pediátrica y una propuesta de modelo para su estudio]

Abstract

Título: Explicando la resiliencia: una revisión desde la psico-oncología pediátrica y una propuesta de modelo para su estudio. Resumen: En el presente artículo se pretende hacer una revisión del concepto de resiliencia desde el ámbito de la psico-oncología pediátrica. Se analizará su origen, sus distintas definiciones y adecuación de la misma aplicada al ámbito de las enfermedades físicas graves como el cáncer. También se tratará de diferenciar la resiliencia de otros conceptos como el crecimiento postraumático o los beneficios percibidos, comúnmente asociados o confundidos con ésta. Por último, se plantea una propuesta de modelo integrador de resiliencia en cáncer infanto-juvenil. Palabras clave: resiliencia; cáncer infanto-juvenil; psico-oncología; crecimiento postraumático; beneficios percibidos.Abstract: This article is intended to review the concept of resilience from the scope of paediatric psycho-oncology. The origin, its different definitions and its suitability of application in the field of serious physical illness -such as cancer -will be analyzed. Furthermore, the differences between resilience and other concepts commonly associated or confused with it, such as post-traumatic growth or benefit finding, will be discussed. Finally, a proposal for a comprehensive model of resilience in paediatric cancer will be put forward.

The Hidden Sufferers: Parental Reactions to Childhood Cancer during Treatment and at Survival

“…In this sense, we have found that 22% of our sample reported positive consequences and this percentage reaches almost 60% when considering those who reported some negative consequences too. We believe these results support the use of a positive psychology framework for understanding effects of a child's cancer diagnosis on parents (Castellano et al, 2014). To date, only a few studies have examined paternal benefit finding from having their child survive cancer (Barakat et al, 2006;Michel et al, 2010).…”

“…Data collected during survival period was related to retrospective variables such as: perceived social support, optimism, distress and coping in the worst situation; and current variables such as: general stress, distress regarding cancer and benefit finding in the aftermath of cancer. The present study is part of a bigger research project that consisted in the development of a resilience framework in childhood cancer (Castellano, 2011;Castellano et al, 2014).…”

“…Consequently, a growing body of research on survivors of childhood cancer has documented the presence of benefit finding among this population including both parents and patients (Castellano-Tejedor, Blasco-Blasco, Pérez-Campdepadrós, & Capdevila-Ortís, 2014;Castellano, et al, 2015;Currier, Hermes, & Phipps, 2009;Michel et al, 2010). In the case of patients, recent studies show that suffering cancer during childhood might enhance psychosocial function in survivorship (Servitzoglou, Papadatou, Tsiantis, & Vasilatou-Kosmidis, 2009).…”

Reconceptualising workplace resilience - A cross-disciplinary perspective.

“…We aim to integrate cross-disciplinary understandings of and approaches to individual resilience in the workplace in order to better understand the mechanism of why some people bounce back from adverse events whereas others' well-being declines (Hobfoll et al, 2007;Castellano-Tejedor, Blasco-Blasco, Pérez-Campdepadrós, & Capdevila-Ortís, 2014). We therefore contribute to the understanding of factors and adaptive processes that promote individual resilience.…”