The aim of this article is to make a theoretical review on resilience, play and creativity: their definitions, the main theories, their impact and evolution in the stages of life. The purpose of this bibliographic review is to know in detail of each variable, as well as to establish the relationship between them.

The present study aimed to establish whether there are differences in resilience, from personal factors, among institutionalized and non-institutionalized children. This is a descriptive and comparative study. The samples were composed of 56 minor children between 8 and 11 years old shelter in Puericultorio Perez Aranibar during 2011 and 56 minor children between 8 and 11 years old who were studying in Peru-Spain School in the district of Villa El Salvador during 2011. The assessment tool used was the Ana Cecilia Salgado Levano Resilience Inventory.The conclusions of this study showed that there are no remarkable differences between the groups of institutionalized and non-institutionalized children in terms of resilience.

La investigación que tiene por título Programa “Humor” para el funcionamiento psicológico positivo en madres de menores con autismo en Lima tuvo como objetivo evaluar el efecto del programa “Humor” en el funcionamiento psicológico positivo de madres de menores con Trastorno del Espectro Autista que asisten a un centro de educación básica especial público en el distrito de Chorrillos. El enfoque fue cuantitativo y cualitativo, el nivel de investigación fue explicativo y descriptivo, de tipo aplicada y con diseño cuasi experimental y de análisis de contenido. La muestra estuvo conformada por un grupo experimental y un grupo control. El grupo experimental estuvo conformado por 6 madres y el grupo control por 9 madres. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron la Escala de Funcionamiento Psicológico Positivo de Merino y Privado con pre test y post test a ambos grupos y una entrev...

The present study aimed to establish whether there are differences in resilience, from personal factors, among institutionalized and non-institutionalized children. This is a descriptive and comparative study. The samples were composed of 56 minor children between 8 and 11 years old shelter in Puericultorio Perez Aranibar during 2011 and 56 minor children between 8 and 11 years old who were studying in Peru-Spain School in the district of Villa El Salvador during 2011. The assessment tool used was the Ana Cecilia Salgado Levano Resilience Inventory.The conclusions of this study showed that there are no remarkable differences between the groups of institutionalized and non-institutionalized children in terms of resilience.

The aim of this article is to make a theoretical review on resilience, play and creativity: their definitions, the main theories, their impact and evolution in the stages of life. The purpose of this bibliographic review is to know in detail of each variable, as well as to establish the relationship between them.

The authors make a brief review of the evolution of the humor concept, the emotional, cognitive and physiological processes, the explanatory theories about the humor, the development of the sense of humor and laughter, as well as the evaluation of the sense of humor and laughter in Psychotherapy, concluding with recent researches about the sense of humor.

The authors make a brief review of the evolution of the humor concept, the emotional, cognitive and physiological processes, the explanatory theories about the humor, the development of the sense of humor and laughter, as well as the evaluation of the sense of humor and laughter in Psychotherapy, concluding with recent researches about the sense of humor.