مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Investigation of Resilience on Physically Abused Adolescents

Abstract :

It is known that child abuse and neglect have negative consequences on human development. In recent years it was seen that some individuals show healthy development after childhood physical abuse. This situation is defined as resilience. The aim of this study is to investigate the risk and protective factors that are related to resiliency in a physically abused group. In this study while attachment, self-esteem, locus of control and peer support were investigated as protective factors; abuse severity, duration of abuse and number of abusers were investigated as risk factors. The study was conducted with 1607 students. 216 physically abused students were divided into resilient and non-resilient groups according to number of mental health symptoms and risky behaviors. Resilient and non-resilient groups were compared according to protective and risk factors. Data was collected through Demographic Form, Brief Symptom Inventory, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Nowicki Strickland Locus of Control Scale and Perceived Peer Support Scale. Results showed that while secure attachment to mother was a protective; severity of abuse was a risk factor.