title: [Resilience and child abuse].
abstract: The article discusses the resilience concept from a critical review. It prioritizes texts produced by organizations with leading roles in the field of child and adolescent health (PAHO, Pan-American Health Organization; ASBRA, the Brazilian Association for Adolescence). The main definitions of resilience are discussed, along with a debate on the contributions and limitations of the current literature. Furthermore, the conceptual and operative possibilities of resilience when confronted with child abuse are discussed, specifically using intra-familial sexual abuse as an example. The authors conclude that the concept of resilience presents polarization around certain axes: "adaptation/overcoming process", "innate/acquired" "permanent/circumstantial". However, they all point to a common ground: the singularity and delicacy of micro-social health-promoting relationships.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ensino, Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Funda  o Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22250-020, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima Pinheiro da Silva
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Junqueira
authors.forename: Suely Ferreira
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Deslandes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare; D006801:Humans; D013315:Stress, Psychological
vernacular_title: Resiliência e maus-tratos à criança.