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The prevalence and protective factors for resilience in adolescent Aboriginal Australians living in urban areas: a cross‐sectional study
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The prevalence and protective factors for resilience in adolescent Aboriginal Australians living in urban areas: a cross‐sectional study
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Journal Article
The prevalence and protective factors for resilience in adolescent Aboriginal Australians living in urban areas: a cross‐sectional study
2019
Overview
To estimate the prevalence and determine protective factors for resilience in urban Aboriginal adolescents.
Cross‐sectional survey data was collected from 119 Aboriginal adolescents participating in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH). Resilience was defined as having ‘low‐risk’ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire scores on the total difficulties (range: 0–40) or the prosocial scale (range: 0–10).
Most adolescents scored in the low‐risk range of the total difficulties (n=85, 73%) and prosocial scales (101, 86%). Family encouragement to attend school was associated with a 4.3‐point reduction in total difficulties scores (95%CI, 0.22–8.3). Having someone to talk to if there was a problem and regular strenuous exercise were associated with higher scores on the prosocial behaviour scale, increasing scores by 1.2 (95%CI, 0.45–2.0) and 1.3 (95%CI, 0.26–2.3) points, respectively.
Most adolescents in SEARCH displayed resilience. Resilience was associated with nurturing family environments, social support and regular exercise.
Our data accords with previous research that demonstrates resilience, but also a higher prevalence of emotional and behaviour problems among Aboriginal youth. Supporting Aboriginal young people to build resilience may promote better mental health outcomes leading to important public health benefits.
