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Resilience and Creativity in Teenagers with High Intellectual Abilities. A Middle School Enrichment Experience in Vulnerable Contexts

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  • Gabriela López-Aymes

    (Centre for Transdisciplinary Research in Psychology, Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62350, Mexico)

  • Santiago Roger Acuña

    (Faculty of Communication Sciences, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 78216, Mexico)

  • Gabriela Ordaz Villegas

    (Faculty of Higher Studies Zaragoza, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City 09230, Mexico)

Abstract

This article presents and describes an extracurricular enrichment intervention program to promote the development of resilience factors, aimed at teenagers with high abilities from vulnerable social contexts. In addition, its effects on aspects related to creativity and resilience are explored. This program proposes a series of creative and meaningful activities so that students can explore, experiment, express their emotions and analytically contrast their own identity characteristics with their surrounding reality. A comparative case study was carried out with a mixed methodological approach. Three students (two male and one female) of 13 and 14 years of age and with high abilities, who attended a public middle school located in a disadvantaged sector of the Mexican capital, participated. The program was developed over nine sessions (90 min each), over two months. The quantitative analysis did not show significant differences in the creativity and resilience factors. However, the qualitative analysis of the tasks and products created by the participants has provided positive evidence about the program’s contribution to enhancing their self-knowledge and coping skills, considering the adversities of their family, school and social contexts.

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  • Gabriela López-Aymes & Santiago Roger Acuña & Gabriela Ordaz Villegas, 2020. "Resilience and Creativity in Teenagers with High Intellectual Abilities. A Middle School Enrichment Experience in Vulnerable Contexts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-33, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:18:p:7670-:d:414787
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