The moderating effect of personality between adverse childhood events and resilience in persons deprived of their liberty

In the present study we addressed the relationship between childhood adverse events and moderate mental resilience by Big Five personality factors in persons deprived of liberty. Given that adverse childhood experiences can interfere with personality formation and consolidation, echoing resilience strategies, we aimed to demonstrate that, in the case of inmates, personality can moderate between childhood adverse events and resilience. The current intervention programs place major emphasis on the individual's problems, on the missing aspects or on the structures that need to be improved. Psychology aims to address everyday problems, even traumatic situations, from the perspective of the individual's strengths and resources. Therefore, the studies that make up this dissertation focused on the person's adaptive resources. Challenges in an individual's life are called trauma, adverse situations, or problems. Not all people who go through traumatic situations remain stuck in mental illness. Most return to normal functioning, and a small part even benefits from the traumas suffered. It is about resilient people, who effectively mobilize personal and social resources in response to risk or threat, mobilization that leads to positive mental or physical outcomes and positive social outcomes.