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Resiliency in Children and Youth

Resiliency is defined as the ability to cope and adapt to change. Being resilient allows children and youth to overcome difficulties in their lives. Resources in this section provide more information about resiliency in children, youth, and families.

Individual, Family, and Neighborhood Factors Distinguish Resilient From Non-Resilient Maltreated Children: A Cumulative Stressors Model
Jaffee, Caspi, Moffitt, Polo-Thomas, & Taylor
Child Abuse & Neglect, 31(3), 2007
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Examines factors contributing to resiliency in children who experienced maltreatment.

Mental Health in Child Welfare: A Focus on Children and Families
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Best Practice/Next Practice, Summer, 2003
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Articles addressing mental health in child welfare with a focus on resiliency.

Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma
Gray (2007)
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Explores best practices for addressing traumatic stress and neglect in adopted children and examines ways to build resiliency in children and families.

Predictors of Resilience in Abused and Neglected Children Grown-Up: The Role of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics
DuMont, Widom, & Czaja
Child Abuse & Neglect, 31(3), 2007
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Examines individual, family, and neighborhood level predictors of resilience in adolescence and young adulthood and describes changes in resilience over time from adolescence to young adulthood in abused and neglected children grown up.

Resilient Outcomes in Abused and Neglected Children: Bases for Strengths-based Intervention and Prevention Policies
Trickett, Kurtz, & Pizzigati (2004)
In Investing in Children, Youth, Families, and Communities: Strengths-Based Research and Policy
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Summarizes current research on protective factors that influence adaptation among maltreated children.

Trauma Resilience Among Youth in Substitute Care Demonstrating Sexual Behavior Problems
Leon, Miller, Ragsdale, & Spacarelli
Child Abuse and Neglect, 32(1), 2008
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Presents results of a study examining the relationship between several protective factors and trauma symptoms among vulnerable youth in the child welfare system.

	Information Gateway Library Search Includes publications from 2000 to present Resiliency Related Information Gateway Topics Preventing child abuse & neglect: Strengthening families - Enhancing protective factors: Parental resilience Child abuse & neglect: Risk & protective factors - Protective factors

Updated on March 1, 2010