Resumo Embora resiliência seja um construto relevante, não há instrumentos brasileiros disponíveis para a identificação do potencial resiliente em crianças. Considerando isto, um instrumento chamado Marcadores de Resiliência Infantil foi desenvolvido. Participaram do estudo 500 crianças, com idades entre 8 e 12 anos, as quais compuseram cinco grupos diferentes. Por meio da ANOVA foi possível perceber que o Marcador de Resiliência Infantil foi capaz de diferenciar grupos que apresentaram maiores habilidades resilientes. É possível afirmar que o Marcador de Resiliência Infantil apresentou boas evidências de validade, contudo outros estudos devem ser conduzidos de modo a alcançar maior compreensão sobre as características psicométricas do instrumento

Abstract Although resilience is a relevant construct, there are no Brazilian instruments available to identify the resilient potential in children. Considering this, an instrument called Children’s Resilience Markers was developed. The study included 500 children from five different groups, aged 8 to 12. Through ANOVA, it was possible to notice that Children’s Resilience Markers was able to differentiate groups that presented higher resilience abilities. Children’s Resilience Markers presented good validity evidences. However, other studies must be carried out in order to reach a greater understanding of its psychometric characteristics.

Flow describes a mental state in which people seem to flow when they demonstrate a productive and motivated effort. This study sought to understand the significance that rugby athletes attribute to the flow state, the perception of the phenomena in the sports practice and the implications on performance. For that, 8 male athletes participated in the study, representing the juvenile and adult teams submitted to a semi-structured interview. The results indicated that flow occurs in situations that present balance between personal skills and challenges in sports activity. Success in the game, positive emotions, support/encouragement, recognition and overcoming were aspects that marked the experience elected as special. Making use of psychological strategies, high levels of concentration, feeling prepared for the game and positive emotions were cited as fundamental in achieving flow in the game. On the other hand, some aspects, besides causing harm, interrupted the flow: negative emotions, not perceiving one's self as prepared for the challenge, concentration problems, intragroup difficulties. Negative emotions and the feeling that one is not prepared for the challenge were aspects mentioned only by juvenile athletes. The athletes´ speech showed that although they could not describe the flow, they had already experienced this psychological state.