Day in the lives of four resilient youths : cultural roots of resilience

Date

2011

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SAGE

Abstract

Grounded in the examples of four impoverished, relocated youths (two Sesotho-speaking orphans in South Africa and two Mexican immigrants in Canada), we explore cultural factors as potential roots of resilience. We triangulate rich qualitative findings (visual, dialogical, and observational) to foreground the particular, as well as acknowledge the universal, in explicating resilience in transitional contexts. Resilience-promoting cultural practices rely on adults to function as custodians of protective practices and values and on youth actively to accept their roles as cultural cocustodians. Our findings urge service providers toward forefronting the specific cultural context of young people in their therapeutic interventions and toward purposefully championing resilience-promoting cultural values and practices.

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RESILIENCE, CULTURE, ADOLESCENTS, SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, CULTURAL RESEARCH, YOUTH HEALTH

Citation

Theron, L., Cameron, C.A., Didkowsky, N., Lau, C., Liebenberg, L., & Ungar, M. (2011). A ''Day in the Lives'' of Four Resilient Youths: Cultural Roots of Resilience. Youth and Society, 43(3), 799-818.doi:10.1177/0044118X11402853

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/51529

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Pathways to resilience: Services and support for youth / Le chemin de la résilience: Services et aide à la jeunesse