Shared adversities of children and comic superheroes as resources for promoting resilience: Comic superheroes are an untapped resource for empowering vulnerable children

Child Abuse Negl. 2016 Jan:51:407-15. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.010. Epub 2015 Nov 11.

Authors

Chris Fradkin¹, Gelson Vanderlei Weschenfelder¹, Maria Angela Mattar Yunes²

Affiliations

¹ Centro Universitário La Salle, Brazil.
² Centro Universitário La Salle and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil.

PMID: 26560233
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.010

No abstract available

Keywords: adolescents; children; comic superhero; empowerment; invincibility suggestion; resilience.

MeSH terms

Child
Child Abuse / psychology*
Female
Health Promotion / methods
Humans
Literature, Modern*
Male
Mass Media*
Power, Psychological*
Program Evaluation
Resilience, Psychological*
Vulnerable Populations