Assessment of resilience in schoolchildren: Baseline for intervention programs, antioquia, 2018

Abstract

Objective: To determine the levels of resilience in students aged 12 to 17 years of urban public institutions in the subregions of the department of Antioquia, Colombia. Method: Cross-sectional study with 2185 students in independent samples by sub-region to whom the JJ46 questionnaire for assessing resilience in adolescents was applied. Resilience levels were calculated and the relationship between these and demographic-family characteristics and social vulnerability was analyzed. Results: The average resilience, 53.9%, prevailed in the Department of Antioquia. Schoolchildren from the East, Southwest and North subregions obtained the highest resilience scores, with 57.1%, 53.9% and 50.6% respectively, and those from the subregions of Magdalena Medio, Urabá and Bajo Cauca obtained the lower scores. In the Aburrá Valley, resilience was average, 44.2%. Conclusions: There is a need to design interventions in schoolchildren of the municipalities of the subregions with medium and lower levels of resilience.