Resilience
According to Vanderbilt-Adriance and Shaw (2018), resilience involves the act of overcoming adversity, stress, and trauma, thereby adapting well throughout difficulty. Although resistance is a psychological attribute, it also consists of curbing the outcome of the surrounding and personal stressors. Consideration of resilience combines individuals, culture, and families. However, over the years, there has been an increase in domestic violence among communities. The intensity of domestic violence relies on several elements, including age, frequency, gender, and personal attributes. Resilience immunity factors include cultural identity, health care, social support, and economic status. As such, this essay focuses on the effect and protective factors advocating resilience.
As a victim of domestic violence, I understand that the protective factors depend on age, gender, and the role of a child in the family. As a young child, I was immature and could not discern the occurrence of domestic violence and could not control my emotions. As the firstborn, domestic violence influenced guilt and grief. Another factor influencing resilience is the personal attributes of a child. Therefore, resilience relies on age, gender, personal characteristics, and family as protective factors.
According to Vanderbilt-Adriance and Shaw (2018), resilience has several protective factors, including family, economic status, health care, and cultural identity. For resilience development, there should be risk availability; for example, in my case, domestic violence. Children raised in an internal violence environment develop resilience than children born in a less adverse environment. Economic status also influences resilience, this is because low-income guarantees risk exposure. Parenting practices affect a child’s development. Thus, positive and responsive parenting advocates resilience. In essence, my early exposure protective factors include early exposure, gender, and role.
References
Vanderbilt-Adriance, E., & Shaw, D. S. (2008). Protective factors and the development of resilience in the context of neighborhood disadvantage. Journal of abnormal child psychology, 36(6), 887-901.