How to reinforce psychological resources in children at risk by poverty

RICHAUD DE MINZI, M.C Y LEMOS, VIVIANA

Berlín, Alemania

Congreso; XXIX International Congress of Psychology; 2008

IUPsyS

How to reinforce psychological resources in children at risk by poverty Maria Cristina Richaud y Viviana Lemos Theoretical support for an intervention proposal to reinforce psychological resources in children at poverty is developed. Results referring to the effects of a curriculum integrated program are presented. The sample was made up of 100 children, both sexes, from a state school, randomly selected from schools under poverty level . The control group --‘not at risk’-- was formed by children attending a middle class school. The results obtained through a before and after design with control group support the premise that reinforcing the child’s resources lowers menace perception and ensures more successful coping and that discontinuity in the intervention produce a resources weakening.