Nurturing Resilience in Early Adolescence

Davis, Tommy; Paster, Vera S.

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“…The participants realized the importance of accessing and utilizing resources such as correctional, family and community members. This echoed similar findings where youth could create and use interpersonal relationships resourcefully after a resilience intervention ( Davis and Paster, 2000 ; Chandler et al, 2015 ). One possible explanation for this is that the program has a session that encourages team cooperation, resource identification and practical involvement of those who function as resources in their context.…”

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“…Furthermore, learning of shared psychological distress and adverse experiences possibly contributed to feeling relieved as participants realized they are not isolated or thinking that no one will understand them. Other resilience intervention programs have been found to buffer outcomes of traumatic experiences ( Davis and Paster, 2000 ) and highlighted the need for mitigation of traumatic experiences as these are correlated to recidivism ( Langa, 2007 ). It appears the program provided youth with a space for catharsis—through therapy is not part of the program—most likely due to the nature of the material covered and discussions about all ecologies that interact with youth.…”

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“…For example, resilience intervention programs implemented within academic contexts in the USA, Iran, and South Africa were found to be beneficial for emotional resilience among children ( Stallard et al, 2005 ); emotional intelligence of adolescents ( Adibsereshki et al, 2019 ); and constructive adjustment to challenges for teachers ( Joubert and Hay, 2019 ), respectively. Furthermore, individuals with a history of trauma and adverse childhood experiences post resilience intervention program participation, demonstrated new strengths and created and used interpersonal relationships as resources to buffer consequences of trauma ( Davis and Paster, 2000 ; Chandler et al, 2015 ).…”

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An exploration and description of experiences of at-risk youth in a correctional center in Eswatini regarding a resilience intervention program

Shabangu

Koen²

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Resilience-focused programs advocate nurturing positive adoptive traits to inform prevention and intervention efforts. Considering that no resilience intervention programs have been developed specifically for at-risk youth in correctional centers in Eswatini, the authors developed a program with this focus through a combination of literature review and earlier empirical research with correctional officers and youth in a correctional center in Eswatini. This study aimed to evaluate the program through exploration and description of experiences of at-risk youth in a correctional center in Eswatini regarding the program. A purposive sample of 16 youths in a correctional center in Eswatini participated in a World Café, and data were analyzed thematically. Three themes were identified: Positive outcomes of participation, challenges encountered in the program, and recommendations for the program.

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An exploration and description of experiences of at-risk youth in a correctional center in Eswatini regarding a resilience intervention program

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2022

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“…resilience to disadvantaged backgrounds, poor parenting, family break-up, mental illness, drug addiction etc.) in Australia (Fuller, 2000;National Crime Prevention, 1999;Shochet & Osgarby, 1999) and overseas (Davis & Paster, 2000;Gilligan, 1999;Lindstroem, 2001;Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000;Masten, 2001;Slap, 2001). This research has shown that resilient young people have a number of protective factors in their lives.…”

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Motivation and Academic Resilience: Developing a Model for Student Enhancement

Martin¹

2002

Australian Journal of Education

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This paper explores a model of motivation and introduces the concept of academic resilience. Although motivation is critical to academic success, academic gains that students make can be lost if they are not resilient to setback, study pressure, and stress in the school setting. It is therefore important that students are motivated and resilient to academic pressures. A problem with motivation theory and research, however, is that it has not been formulated in a way that provides educators and students with a common language with which to develop motivation and academic resilience in the classroom. This paper draws together seminal motivation theory, posits clear constructs that represent these theories, and then repackages them into a model that can be used by educators and understood by students. Such a model also holds direct implications in the classroom and counselling contexts, and the strategies for enhancing motivation and academic resilience are discussed.

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“…Lee et al carried out a conceptual review on resilience as a positive youth development construct and identified bonding, emotional competence, self‐regulation, positive self‐perceptions, valued talents, optimism, perceived control, self‐efficacy, attractiveness to others, an organized home environment, and active coping as protective factors for psychological resilience in adolescents; however, these findings do not refer specifically to adolescents experiencing parental cancer. Openness to adult relationships, identification of personal strengths, and the establishment of mentor relationships are tools for building resilience . Ungar (, p.24) summarized the protective factors required for resilience to occur in persons in general: (a) close relationship with a caring adult; (b) self‐esteem; (c) experience control in some aspect of life; (d) opportunities to use talents; and (e) access to supports to thrive (education, housing, and health care).…”

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An exploration of resilience in adolescents facing maternal cancer

Rodríguez

2019

Cancer Reports

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Background: Research findings on the impact of parental cancer on adolescents are inconsistent, some studies identifying negative psychosocial impact but others identifying positive impact; however, there is not enough understanding on the underlying factors that may lead to differences in outcomes. Research has found that resilience has a role in adolescents' adaptation to maternal cancer; however, the nature of this requires further exploration.Aims: This analysis will help understand resilience in adolescents that experience maternal cancer by exploring the nature of resilience and the individual, family, and environmental risk and protective factors that determine resilience in adolescent lived experiences of maternal cancer that enable positive outcomes.Methods: This study is part of a larger investigation focused on understanding adolescent adjustment to maternal cancer and the psychosocial factors that promote adjustment. Original adolescent interview transcripts (n = 15) were subject to a secondary thematic analysis. Results: The analysis yielded four themes: the first theme, The Journey of Maternal Cancer, describes adolescent experiences of maternal cancer over time; the second theme is a detailed description of adolescent Protective Factors and how these supported the adolescents; the third theme describes the Risk Factors that adolescents faced; and the fourth theme summarizes the Positive Outcomes that adolescents self-identified. Conclusion: This study found resilience as dynamic, as it changes over time. These changes are a result of the course of maternal illness and its treatment over time.Adolescents can adapt to change, but this capacity is shaped by protective factors and risk factors as well as challenges that are unique to having a mother diagnosed with cancer. Most adolescents managed to navigate successfully and identified positive outcomes from a difficult and life-changing experience. The study suggests the need to provide long-term supports for adolescents and carry out longitudinal research to further understand the trajectories of resilience in adolescents who experience maternal cancer.

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Nurturing Resilience in Early Adolescence

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

An exploration and description of experiences of at-risk youth in a correctional center in Eswatini regarding a resilience intervention program

An exploration and description of experiences of at-risk youth in a correctional center in Eswatini regarding a resilience intervention program

Motivation and Academic Resilience: Developing a Model for Student Enhancement

An exploration of resilience in adolescents facing maternal cancer

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