Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Ana Tercila Campos  and  MORAIS, Normanda Araujo de. Community resilience: an integrative literature review study. Temas psicol. [online]. 2018, vol.26, n.4, pp. 1731-1745. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2018.4-02Pt.

A national and international integrative literature review on the topic of community resilience (CR) was performed, focusing on the period from 2009 to 2015. Specifically, we sought to describe the concepts of CR developed in articles, the main adversities cited and the factors related to CR. The search was conducted using the SciELO database and Portal de Periódicos Capes, and from the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 34 articles were identified. Most articles were found in the English language, especially from North America, published in 2013, and used a qualitative method, based on interviews. With regard to the concept of CR, it was found that this can be seen as an attribute (ability and skill) and a process. The main adversities that were studied were disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, terrorist attacks and armed conflicts). There are three factors related to CR: social capital, cultural ties and the infrastructure that supports the development of community members. Finally, the great potential of theoretical and practical contribution of this concept to the overcoming of adversities common to the Brazilian community context is underlined.

Keywords : Community resilience; community; social capital.

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