Helping adolescents develop resilience: steps the pediatrician can take in the office.
Resilience is a construct connoting the maintenance of positive adaptation by individuals despite experiences of significant adversity. The knowledge gained from research on resilience needs to be translated into action. Every time we succeed in providing support, relationships, experiences, and opportunities that promote positive outcomes enhancing the capacity to be healthy and happy, we are promoting healthy adolescent development.
Fonseca
Helena
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Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Clinic, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal. helena.fonseca@armail.pt
D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D003142:Communication; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D020377:Self Efficacy