Biblioteca Virtual en Salud Enfermería

The aim is to describe constituent elements of the concept Resilience in Child. A literature’s critical review as concept analysis for the identification of the concept’s attributes, antecedents and consequent. The theoretical exploration of conceptual attributes was achieved in the American Psychological Association, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online.

The descriptors of the Virtual Health Library to access the publications were:

psychological resilience, child, nursing, with the Boolean operator AND. 30 articles (70%) were found for access in the medical, nursing and psychology’s field. The concept’s attributes include two categories: Personal Attributes and External Attributes. The concept’s antecedents were: Internal Resources, Domestic environment and Resources outside the family. The concept’s consequent consisted of: Behavioral Competence, Maturity, Academic Achievement and Physical and Mental Health. It concludes that child resilience results from the dynamic linking of adverse conditions to the organization and integration of personal, family and community experiences in the child's pursuit of healthy development. Resilience is not born with the child, but is gained in its development. The Concept demands studies of its manifestation in practice