Promoting Resilience Among Maltreated Youth Using Meditation, Yoga, Tai Chi and Qigong: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Examining factors that support resilience is critical to ameliorating the impact of child maltreatment. This paper evaluated existing evidence for the effects of “Eastern Arts” (i.e., meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong) on resilience (i.e., positive health and socioeconomic outcomes) among maltreated youth. Using a scoping review framework as outlined by Arksey and O’Malley (Int J Soc Res Methodol 8:19–32, 2005), we searched through five …