Psychosocial Risk Factors and Protective Elements in Childhood and Adolescence

Psychosocial risk factors and protective factors, which are one of the main areas of psychology-psychiatry, psychological counseling and guidance and educational sciences, are one of the important factors affecting psychological resilience of individuals in childhood and adolescence. The protective elements that help us understand how individuals respond in difficult living conditions and the factors affecting this process have been evaluated in the frame of psychological resilience in the last 30 years and the necessary studies have been carried out. Studies have shown that there may be many risk factors that are individual, familial and environmental oriented during childhood and adolescence, and that the levels of psychological resilience of individuals can be an important factor in dealing with these risk factors. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the psychosocial risk factors and preventive and preventive strategies encountered in childhood and adolescence.