title: Resilience in Palestinian adolescents living in Gaza.
abstract: [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 9(1) ofPsychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy(see record 2016-36102-001). There were grammatical errors to the Method section of the abstract and the Method subsection Participants. Corrected versions are provided.] Objective: The pathogenic impact of ongoing political conflict on children and adolescents has been well-documented in the literature. The present study, by contrast, examined the factors that support adolescent health and utilized a salutogenic model to examine prevalence of depression and anxiety and predictors of resilience in a group of adolescents attending secondary school in Gaza.
  
  
  
  There were 335 Palestinian adolescents (n = 335) enrolled in 11th and 12th grades in secondary schools in Gaza refugee camps completed the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and self-report measures assessing coping skills, self-regulation, optimism, parenting style, family sense of coherence, national identity, ethnic identity, and other demographic variables.
  
  
  
  Participants with stronger national identity, stronger family sense of coherence, greater self-regulation, and more optimism reported less depressive and anxious symptoms. In a logistic regression analysis, significant predictors of resilience (minimal to no anxiety and depression, n = 135) were age, optimism, family sense of coherence, ethnic identity, self-regulation, and coping skills.
  
  
  
  These findings indicate that older age, optimism, perception of family seeing the world as comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful, stronger Arab ethnic identity, greater self-regulation and stronger coping skills promote adolescent adaptation and health. Salutogenesis frames information about how resilient youth living in high threat environments may respond to preventative community-based behavioral health interventions as well as treatment of depression, anxiety, and other psychological distress among adolescents living with ongoing violence. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies.
authors.forename: Rozanna J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Aitcheson
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work.
authors.forename: Soleman H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Abu-Bader
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Mary K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.affiliation: Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
authors.forename: Deena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies.
authors.forename: Salman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elbedour
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000208:ethnology*; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East / Q000208:ethnology; D000067656:Optimism / Q000523:psychology*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology*; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D012933:Social Identification