Child and Adolescent Resilience Within Medical Contexts

1. Relational Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Carey DeMichelis

Part I. The Individual in Context

2. Psychosocial Factors That Influence Children with Immune-Related Health Conditions
Julie M. Turner-Cobb, Tara J. Cheetham

3. Resilience, Disparity, and Narrative Phenomenology: African American Families Raising Medically Vulnerable Children
Cheryl Mattingly

4. Promoting Resilience During the Transition to Adolescence in Chronically Ill Children and Their Families
Jaclyn M. Lennon, Alexandra M. Psihogios, Caitlin B. Murray, Christina E. Holbein, Grayson N. Holmbeck

5. Resilience in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease and Cancer: Social Ecology Indicators of Health-Related Quality of Life
Katherine S. Salamon, Lisa A. Schwartz, Lamia P. Barakat

Part II. The Social Space of Illness

6. The Role of Parents in Promoting Children’s Adjustment to Chronic Illness
Jessica Hoehn, Emily Foxen-Craft, Wendy Pinder, Lynnda M. Dahlquist

7. Resilience in the Care of Children with Palliative Care Needs
Richard D. Goldstein

8. Resilience and Pediatric Cancer Survivorship in Cultural Context
Jaehee Yi, Min Ah Kim, Jesmin Akter

Part III. Interventions, Therapies, and Techniques

9. Promoting Resilience in Paediatric Health Care: The Role of the Child Life Specialist
Cathy Humphreys, Chantal K. LeBlanc

10. Imaginal Coping: Resilience Through a Play of Tropes
Cindy Dell Clark

11. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to Foster Resilience in Pediatric Chronic Illness
Michelle M. Ernst, Michael W. Mellon

Part IV. Social Structure and Policy Formation

12. Creating a Context for Resilience in Medical Settings: The Role of Collaborative Professionals and Informal Supports
Michael Ungar

13. Building Strengths and Resilience: Supporting Families and Disabled Children
Robyn Munford

14. The Concept of Resilience in Children’s Health and Social Care Policy
Jane Noyes

Part V. Where We Have Been, Where We Are Going

15. Coping with Chronic Illness in Children and Their Families
Ronald T. Brown, Mary Jo Kupst

16. Researching Resilience in a Medical Context: Understanding Social Ecologies Using Mixed Methods
Linda Liebenberg

17. A Global Perspective on Resilience and Creativity
Bandy X. Lee, Grace Lee

18. Recommendations for Promoting Resilience of Children in Medical Contexts
Michel Ferrari

Nyckelord: Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Psychiatry, Social Work