Patterns of resilience and wellbeing in disadvantaged environments

In general terms, resilience is described as the ability to bounce back from some form of disruption, stress, or change. Resilience should be defined to gain a clear understanding of the concept. The term comes from the Latin resilire, which means to recoil. Thus, resilience means to rebound, spring back, and have elasticity, flexibility, or recuperability. Also, the Oxford English Dictionary (n. d.) offers two meanings: (a) Able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed (said of material objects); or (b) Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions (said of a person)