The insights of resilience research – experience of relationship and structure of ressources

Authors

  • Corina Wustmann

Abstract

The professional discussion ofthe last years is more and more enriched by the term „resilience“. The young resilience science points out, that it is possible to develop even under very bad circumstances and severe risks, self-conscious, self secure and competent personality. The scientific findings encourage and open up a change of perspective and paradigma: from a traditional deficit understanding to a competence and which resources orientated perspective. At the same time many questions are brought up: which kind of competence and resources are hidden behind this enormous energy? How this can be used for prevention? How can children be encouraged in their potentials to develop even under bad circumstances enough robustness? One result is already today proofed: resilience is not a matter of heritage but learned.

Keywords Resilience; adaptation; children at risk; prevention

Author Biography

Corina Wustmann

Corina Wustmann, Diplom-Pädagogin, ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Marie Meierhofer-Institut für das Kind in Zürich. Vorher war sie Wissenschaftliche Referentin am Deutschen Jugendinstitut e.V. und Staatsinstitut für Frühpädagogik in München sowie an der Pädagogischen Hochschule der FHNW in Solothurn. Zu Ihren Arbeitsschwerpunkten gehören die Themen Resilienz, Frühkindliche Bildungsprozesse und Bildungsförderung im Frühbereich, Qualität und Wirksamkeit ausserfamilialer Bildung und Betreuung sowie Schulisches und subjektives Wohlbefinden von Kindern.

Korrespondenz: Dipl.-Päd. Corina Wustmann, Marie Meierhofer-Institut für das Kind, Schulhausstrasse 64, 8002 Zürich, Schweiz

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Published

2009-04-01

How to Cite

Wustmann, C. (2009). The insights of resilience research – experience of relationship and structure of ressources. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (2), 71–78. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/53

Issue

No. 2 (2009): Psychotherapie Forum 17/2 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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