Fostering children's resilience

Resilience is relevant to nurses because of its implications for health. Research on the resilience of children and adolescents has proliferated over the past five years. However, the specific processes underlying resilience and outcome variables require further study. Furthermore, few intervention studies have been conducted. This article describes resilience and factors that influence resilience of children, examines the relationship between resilience and health, identifies interventions that foster children's resilience and health, reviews research focusing on children's resilience, and suggests the relevance of resilience to nursing of children.