Lucrarea are ca scop analiza teoretică a rezilienței ca construct social și, respectiv, factor de bază în procesul de adaptare psiho -socială a persoanelor care trăiesc diferite situații de adversitate. Analiza acestui construct social este importantă pentru proiectarea unor intervenții în cazul familiilor care îngrijesc copii cu dizabilități, un grup de populație care este într-o situație cronică de conviețuire cu dizabilitatea. Importanța cercetării relației dintre factorii adverși, cei care afectează funcționarea familiei (cum ar fi dizabilitatea copilului) și a factorilor pozitivi, cei care contribuie la creșterea funcționalității familiei (cum ar fi reziliența) este una incontestabilă.

The aim of the paper is the theoretical analysis of resilience as a social construct and, respectively, a basic factor in the process of psycho-social adaptation of people living in different situations of adversity. The analysis of this social construct is important for the design of interventions in the case of families caring for children with disabilities, a population group that is in a chronic situation of living with a disability. The importance of researching the relationship between adverse factors, those that affect family functioning (such as the child's disability) and positive factors, those that contribute to increasing family functioning (such as resilience) is indisputable. The definition of resilience in various researches focuses on this aspect: the individual's positive adaptation to change despite adversity.

The aim of the paper is the theoretical analysis of resilience as a social construct and, respectively, a basic factor in the process of psycho-social adaptation of people living in different situations of adversity. The analysis of this social construct is important for the design of interventions in the case of families caring for children with disabilities, a population group that is in a chronic situation of living with a disability. The importance of researching the relationship between adverse factors, those that affect family functioning (such as the child's disability) and positive factors, those that contribute to increasing family functioning (such as resilience) is indisputable. The definition of resilience in various researches focuses on this aspect: the individual's positive adaptation to change despite adversity.