Resilience as protagonism: interpersonal relationships, cultural practices, and personal agency among working adolescents in Brazil

Libório, Renata Maria Coimbra; Ungar, Michael

doi:10.1080/13676261.2013.834313

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“…In such contexts, children are forced to take advantage of antisocial alternatives that serve a protective function. For example, working children may resist attending school if they feel they will lose social status or economic rewards (Liborio & Ungar, ). And children who experience trouble learning, or are racially marginalized in the classroom, may choose to drop out early to preserve their sense of self‐esteem (Dei, Massuca, McIsaac, & Zine, ).…”

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Practitioner Review: Diagnosing childhood resilience – a systemic approach to the diagnosis of adaptation in adverse social and physical ecologies

Ungar

2014

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Background: With growing interest in resilience among mental health care providers globally, there is a need for a simple way to consider the complex interactions that predict adaptive coping when there is exposure to high levels of adversity such as family violence, mental illness of a child or caregiver, natural disasters, social marginalization, or political conflict. Methods: This article presents diagnostic criteria for assessing childhood resilience in a way that is sensitive to the systemic factors that influence a child's wellbeing. The most important characteristics of children who cope well under adversity and avoid problems like depression, PTSD, and delinquency are highlighted. Results: A multidimensional assessment of resilience is presented that examines, first, the severity, chronicity, ecological level, children's attributions of causality, and cultural and contextual relevance of experiences of adversity. Second, promotive and protective factors related to resilience are assessed with sensitivity to the differential impact these have on outcomes depending on a child's level of exposure to adversity. These factors include individual qualities like temperament, personality, and cognitions, as well as contextual dimensions of positive functioning related to the available and accessibility of resources, their strategic use, positive reinforcement by a child's significant others, and the adaptive capacity of the environment itself. Third, an assessment of resilience includes temporal and cultural factors that increase or decrease the influence of protective factors. A decision tree for the diagnosis of resilience is presented, followed by a case study and diagnosis of a 15-year-old boy who required treatment for a number of mental health challenges. Conclusions: The diagnostic criteria for assessing resilience and its application to clinical practice demonstrate the potential usefulness of a systemic approach to understanding resilience among child populations.

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Practitioner Review: Diagnosing childhood resilience – a systemic approach to the diagnosis of adaptation in adverse social and physical ecologies

Ungar

2014

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…Agency often emerges as an enabler of resilience (Lee, 2012; Libório & Ungar, 2014; Seymour, 2012). Masten (2007) describes agency as one of six universally occurring protective mechanisms, tying it in with mastery, self-efficacy, motivation, and self-confidence.…”

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“The Power of Me”: The Role of Agency in the Resilience Processes of Adolescent African Girls Who Have Been Sexually Abused

Haffejee

Theron

2019

Journal of Adolescent Research

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In this article we explore how individual expressions of agency are shaped by structural factors and exercised by Black African girls with child sexual abuse (CSA) histories as they navigate resilience pathways. We employed a qualitative multiple instrumental case study design and purposefully recruited seven Black African girls, between the ages of 15 and 18 years, with a history of CSA. Participants were engaged in a range of participatory methods that included participatory diagramming (time lines), digital stories, and participatory videos. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Findings highlight how agency, as a process of resilience, manifested as well as how these agentic expressions were activated, bound, and later reciprocated and sustained by the surrounding social structures.

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“…For young people in Pakistan, sharing problems with families was ranked highly, in contrast to the value placed upon independent decision-making in Western cultures (Sahar & Muzaffar, 2017). For child labourers in Brazil, Libório and Ungar (2014) found that protective processes related to resilience were partly present as a result of the "pattern of protagonism among these youth" (p. 682). Four types of protective processes were identified: improving behaviour and view of oneself, increasing positive engagement with others, actively participating in the community, and engaging in cultural activities including the practice of artistic skills.…”

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“…Four types of protective processes were identified: improving behaviour and view of oneself, increasing positive engagement with others, actively participating in the community, and engaging in cultural activities including the practice of artistic skills. Based on these findings, Libório and Ungar (2014) concluded that resilience processes for youth in Brazil are products of the individual's subjectivity, their active engagement in interpersonal relationships, and their participation in valued cultural practices; hence resilience processes work in harmony with a facilitative social ecology.…”

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Youth Conceptualization of Resilience Strategies in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Vostanis

Haffejee

Yazıcı

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IJCYFS

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The concept of resilience is increasingly influential in the development of interventions and services for young people, yet there is limited knowledge of how resilience-building strategies are conceptualized by young people across different cultures, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this study was to capture 274 young people’s voices in disadvantaged communities in Kenya, Turkey, Pakistan, and Brazil through participatory research methods. Young people defined strategies in response to 4 adversity scenarios reflecting socioecological systems (young person, family, school, and community). Template analysis, underpinned by thematic design, was used to establish three broad themes of intrapersonal (self-management, cognitive re-appraisal, agency), interpersonal (social engagement, informal supports, formal supports), and religious resources. Proposed strategies were largely similar across the sites, with some contextual differences depending on the scenario (stressor) and cultural group. The findings support an ecological systems approach to resilience, which is consistent with the development of multimodal interventions for vulnerable youth and their families in disadvantaged communities in low- and middle-income countries.

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Resilience as protagonism: interpersonal relationships, cultural practices, and personal agency among working adolescents in Brazil

Cited by 21 publications

References 13 publications

Practitioner Review: Diagnosing childhood resilience – a systemic approach to the diagnosis of adaptation in adverse social and physical ecologies

Practitioner Review: Diagnosing childhood resilience – a systemic approach to the diagnosis of adaptation in adverse social and physical ecologies

“The Power of Me”: The Role of Agency in the Resilience Processes of Adolescent African Girls Who Have Been Sexually Abused

Youth Conceptualization of Resilience Strategies in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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