Resilience and psychopathology among victimized youth in residential care |
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| Institution: | 1. ERIDIQV, Institut de Recerca i Qualitat de Vida (IRQV), Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain;2. Direcció General d''Atenció a la Infància i l''Adolescència (DGAIA), Departament de Benestar Social i Família, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain;1. Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), C/ Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;2. Center for Criminological and Psychosocial Research, University of Örebro, Sweden;3. Department of Political Science and Sociology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Avenida Dr. Ángel Jorge Echeverri, s/n, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the role of several resilience resources in the relationship between lifetime victimization and mental health problems among adolescents in care. The sample comprised 127 adolescents (53.% females, aged 12–17 years) from residential care facilities in Catalonia, Spain. The Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire, the Youth Self-Report, and the Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire were used to assess victimization, psychological symptoms, and resilience respectively. Results indicated that poly-victimization was associated with fewer resources, and with an increased risk of mental health problems. Self-resources mediated the relationship between victimization and internalizing and externalizing symptoms; community support mediated the relationship between victimization and internalizing symptoms. Self, school and peer support moderated the relationship between victimization and externalizing symptoms. Adolescents with fewer self-resources and less school support reported more externalizing symptoms, as did those with more peer support. However, poly-victimized youths reported symptoms within the clinical range, regardless of their level of resources. The findings stress the importance of preventing poly-victimization and of empowering poly-victimized adolescents, who appear to present low levels of resources. Researchers and clinicians should continue to study the poly-victimization/psychopathology relationship, and also design interventions and prevention programs which incorporate the most relevant resilience resources. |
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| Keywords: | Poly-victimization Child welfare Residential facilities Mental health problems Adolescents Resilience |
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