Volume 9 Issue 1 February - April 2019
Review Paper
Resilience among Adolescents: A Concept, Construct, Process, Outcomes and Nurses’ Role
Neelam Saleem Punjani*, Amynah S. Mevawala**
*-**University of Alberta, Canada.
Saleem, A., Mevawala, A.S. (2019). Resilience among Adolescents: A Concept, Construct, Process, Outcomes and Nurses’ Role, i-manager's Journal on Nursing 9(1),32-38. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.9.1.16078
Abstract
Resilience is a process of recovery, an individual's capability and a consequence of successfully adapting despite adverse circumstances or suffering to personal wellbeing and protection. The aim of this paper is to define resilience as a concept, construct, process, and outcome during adolescence. A review of the literature on adolescent resilience was conducted and analyzed using resilience as a concept, construct, process, and outcome during adolescence. Adolescence is considered as a phase of rapid development with consequences such as the adoption of risky behaviors. Promoting resilience in adolescents require protective processes at three different levels which include individual level, family level, and community level interventions. These factors promote individual's positive coping and fast recovery during adversities, which results in improved mental and physical health, such as enhanced self-esteem, hopefulness, problem-solving, and better confidence in facing challenges. Nurses must be mindful of the developmental stages, coping styles, level of stress, and risk behaviors in order to understand their level of resilience. Understanding resilience would assist nurses in practicing holistic nursing care to adolescents.
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