Background and aims: A growing amount of research is focusing on studying chronic/recurrent pain in children. This is a common problem in childhood (11-38% of children and adolescents), affecting 5% of them with significant pain-related dysfunction. An important body of this research
examines resilience among children with pain and their families as a key factor that can reduce disability and increase their strengths to cope with pain. This work aims to review the empirical research which has examined children's resilience in pain experience in order to determine
which resilience dimensions related to individuals and family are associated with favourable outcomes in families of children with chronic pain.

Methods: This review will be conducted and reported in accordance with the PRISMA guideline. Studies written in English or Spanish involving paediatric chronic pain in a theoretical or an experimental (longitudinal and cross-sectional) approach will be included. In addition, those treatment studies setting a resilience framework will be taken into consideration as well as studies including siblings and patient's parents.

Results: It is expected to obtain wider knowledge about pain-specific constructed resilience and its dimensions in children with pain and their families, and a proposed agenda for futures studies that will advance the field.

Conclusions: A better understanding of the role of resilience and its components in family pain adaptation will facilitate the development of more promising and novel treatment approaches and lay the foundation for more effective self-management in the context of paediatric chronic
pain.

RESILIENCE AND FAMILY DYNAMICS IN CHILDREN WITH PAIN: A SCOPE REVIEW OF LITERATURE