Relational and Academic Components of Resilience in Maltreated Adolescents
This study examines the components of resilience in adolescents (aged 1115 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
resilience maltreatment adolescents child welfare risks violence social competence competence psychological resilience abuse sexual abuse physical maltreatment neglect stressors academic competence relationship with parent closeness to caregiver