Resilience as a factor for improving mental health in minors. A narrative review

Abstract

Resilience as a process allows us to deal with or avoid the risk of suffering mental health problems, when facing situations such as precariousness of life, lack of opportunities, illnesses, emotional pain, among others; Thus, resilience gives the possibility to adapt, move forward and stand out in the face of difficulties that may arise, becoming positive and improving the quality of life. Objective: Analysis of the evidence found related to resilience in the mental health of minors. Method: Narrative review, between the period of 2011 and 2021; The search for articles was carried out through various databases such as Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Willey and Alicia and the use of Mesh descriptors was applied, combining them with the Boolean operators OR and AND. Results: In the bibliographic search, 24 studies were selected that met the selection criteria, observing various situations that influence the mental health of minors, potentially altering their quality of life and how the role of resilience allows them to face scenarios that They often generate difficulties in their performance.