Relational and academic components of resilience in maltreated adolescents.
This study examines the components of resilience in adolescents (aged 11-15 years; n = 816) who were referred to the child welfare system for maltreatment. Data from a national probability study of children and families in the child welfare system showed that adolescents faced a number of risk factors like maltreatment, poverty, and exposure to violence in the community. Social competence, academic achievement, and a sense of relatedness to caregiver were fit in a structural equation model as components of latent resilience. Social competence and the quality of relationship with a caregiver were strongly linked to latent resilience.
Rajendran
Khushmand
K
School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA. kr7039@albany.edu
Videka
Lynn
L
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012917:Social Adjustment