摘要:Resilience refers to the human ability to overcome stressful life events in a positive manner, comprising factors of risk and protection in a dynamic process that includes emotional, social, cultural, environmental and cognitive process. Thus, we aimed at verifying the trend of resilience in adolescents, analyzing differences between school attended, age, grade, gender, family income and work area. There were 91 participants, aged between 14 and 17 years, the first and second years of high school, two São Paulo schools, one public and one private. Were used, the Resilience Scale and Socio-Demographic Questionnaire. It was found that most participants (64.8%) showed an average tendency to psychosocial adaptation, and 17.6% were with scores above average on the assessment of psychosocial adjustment, indicating greater personal empowerment in the face of adversity. The results showed that the factor I "Resolution Securities and Exchange" focuses most of the participants (78.12%). It was found also a statistically significant difference in terms of education, and the first series using more behaviors related to Factor I to adapt psychosocially. Regarding the type of school they attend, participants in the public school obtained the highest mean score on the factors and in general, especially the use of strategies related to Factor I.