Citation

Suriá Martínez R. Gac. Sanit. 2015; 29(Suppl 1): 55-59.

Vernacular Title

Perfiles resilientes y calidad de vida en personas con discapacidad sobrevenida por accidentes de tráfico.

Affiliation

Departamento de Comunicación y Psicología Social, Universidad de Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante), España. Electronic address: raquel.suria@ua.es.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.01.016

PMID

25799268

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To identify distinct profiles of resilience in people with spinal cord injuries due to traffic accidents and to determine whether the profiles identified are related to differences in subjective well-being.

METHODS: The Resilience Scale (Wagnild and Young, 1993) and an adapted quality of life scale (GENCAT) were administered to 98 people with physical disabilities due to traffic accidents.

RESULTS: Cluster analyses identified three different resilience profiles: a high-resilience group, a low-resilience group, and a group showing a predominance of high scores in self and life acceptance and social competence. The results also revealed statistically significant differences among profiles in most domains of subjective well-being.

CONCLUSION: The results suggest the need to study resilience in greater depth and to design programs to enhance quality of life among people with disabilities due to traffic accidents.

Language: es