Making sense of resilience: A review from the field of paediatric psycho-oncology and a proposal of a model for its study. [Explicando la resiliencia: una revisión desde la psico-oncología pediátrica y una propuesta de modelo para su estudio]

The present article is intended to review the concept of resilience from the scope of pediatric psycho-oncology. The origin of resilience, its different definitions and its adequacy applied to serious physical illness such as cancer will be analyzed. Likewise, differences between resilience and other concepts commonly associated or confused with it such as posttraumatic growth or benefit finding will be discussed.