ИСТИНА

Research is devoted to the study of resistance phenomenon in childhood. Authors consider consequences of childhood trauma not only in context of suffering, but following the postmodern study of trauma also in terms of growth and development of the child's personality. The purpose of the study was to identify the main features of resistance to traumatic events in children. Method: children's version of «Incomplete sentences» method; family picture; method of assessment the degree of adaptation and coping with everyday problems across the life span in schoolchildren; a children's version of projective S. Rosenzweig technique. The analysis of two groups of children (from complete and incomplete families of divorced parents) showed the results that revealed higher resistance to everyday stress in children from single-parent families, and their tendency to be flexible to difficulties to everyday stress. The research allows to use results to develop resistance to traumatic situations in childhood.