espanolEl presente articulo tiene como objetivo poner en discusion las tendencias deterministas de quienes han vivido experiencias traumaticas, viendolos como afectados y como victimas pasivas de lo que les ha sucedido. Se hace una revision de los conceptos de personalidad resistente, resiliencia y crecimiento postraumatico, a partir de los cuales se muestra como las personas sometidas a experiencias tragicas pueden desplegar respuestas no solo adaptativas a la situacion, sino integrar la experiencia a su vida, de manera que de ellas se deriven aprendizajes positivos, que posibiliten asumir posteriores eventos adversos. EnglishThis paper attempts to discuss determinant trends of people who have gone through traumatic experiences and considers them as being affected and passive victims of such traumatic events. This paper also analyzes concepts such as resistant personality, resilience and post-traumatic growth as a basis to exhibit how people involved in such tragic experiences may show responses not only adaptative to the situation but also [responses] that allow them to integrate such an experience to their own lives so as to bring about positive types of learning which, in turn, would permit them to successfully face adverse future events.