Citation

Rajendran K, Videka L. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2006; 1094: 345-349.

Affiliation

University Hall 307B, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222. kr7039@albany.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1196/annals.1376.047

PMID

17347374

Abstract

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.

Language: en