The aim of this article is to perform an update regarding the definition of resilience, risk factors and protective factors, and to correlate them with the impact of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Resilience is the capacity to resist and overcome adversity. Family is associated with the concept of resilience not only because of its capacity to interfere with the resilience of its members, but also because of its ability to respond as a functional unit when challenged with adversity. Relationships with affectively meaningful figures during childhood, the number of adverse events to which the individual is submitted and his subjective understanding of the stressor modify the ability to be resilient. ADHD has a smaller negative impact in children without conduct problems, social relationship problems, somatic symptoms or coordination problems.
Resilience; attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; risck factors; protection factors