Factors affecting resilience among early adolescents living in homes for children: A model testing

Narunest Chulakarn and Nujjaree Chaimongkol

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 120, issue C

Abstract: Living in the foster care system because of adverse family conditions can affect the resilience of early adolescents. This study aimed to test a causal model of factors affecting resilience among adolescents aged 10–14 years living in homes for children in the Bangkok metropolitan region of Thailand. Data were collected by using self-report questionnaires. The final modified model was a fit with the empirical data. Problem-focused coping, self-concept, and school engagement had positive direct effects on resilience while social connectedness had indirect effects. The model accounted for 40% of the overall variance in the prediction of resilience. Promoting interventions that focus on these factors would be beneficial in strengthening resilience among early adolescents living in homes for children.

Keywords: Early adolescents; Foster care; Home for children; Model-testing; Problem-focused coping; Resilience; School engagement; Self-concept; Social connectedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105737

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