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Adversity, resilience and young people: the protective value of positive school and spare time experiences
Author(s) -
Gilligan Robbie
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2000.tb00149.x
Subject(s) - spare part , resilience (materials science) , spare time , value (mathematics) , psychological resilience , psychology , sociology , social psychology , economics , computer science , operations management , physics , machine learning , thermodynamics
This paper argues for the value of resilience as a key concept in work with young people in need and considers some of the implications of a resilience led approach for policy and practice. Resilience refers to a capacity to do well despite adverse experience. Social and developmental factors influencing a child or young person's degree of resilience are discussed, with particular reference to the resilience enhancing potential of school experiences and spare time activities. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.