The International Resilience Project: Promoting Resilience in Children.

Abstract

The International Resilience Project wac intended to determine the multidimensional, reciprocal, and dynamic factors--and relationships of factors--that parents, teachers, caregivers, and children themselves use to promote resilience in children. The samples were 589 children and their caregivers from 14 countries: Lithuania, Russia, Costa R'-a, Czech Republic, Brazil, Thailand, Vietnam, Hungary, Taiwan, Sudan, Canada, South Africa, and Japan. The ages of the children coincided with the first two of Erikson's developmental stages. Fifteen situations were developed, and adults and children's responses were measured. The major findings include the following: (1) resilience-promoting behavior is consistent with the familiarity of a situation; (2) younger children have a lower frequency of resilience-promoting responses than do older children or adults; (3) reports of a personal experience correlated with a higher percentageof resilience responses; and (4) more than half the responses showed no or only partial use of resilience factors. (Checklists for children's perceptions of resilience are included, and demographic data from 14 countries are appended.) (WP) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******%;.*************************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Off:to of Educaaonal Rosoarch and ImprOwffneni EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as eceived from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy The International Resilience Project: Promoting resilience in children