RT Journal Article
T1 Characterization of vulnerable and resilient Spanish adolescents in their developmental contexts
A1 Moreno, Carmen
A1 García Moya, Irene
A1 Rivera de los Santos, Francisco José
A1 Ramos, Pilar
AB Research on resilience and vulnerability can offer very valuable information for optimizing design and assessment of interventions and policies aimed at fostering adolescent health. This paper used the adversity level associated with family functioning and the positive adaptation level, as measured by means of a global health score, to distinguish four groups within a representative sample of Spanish adolescents aged 13–16 years: maladaptive, resilient, competent and vulnerable. The aforementioned groups were compared in a number of demographic, school context, peer context, lifestyles, psychological and socioeconomic variables, which can facilitate or inhibit positive adaptation in each context. In addition, the degree to which each factor tended to associate with resilience and vulnerability was examined. The majority of the factors operated by increasing the likelihood of good adaptation in resilient adolescents and diminishing it in vulnerable ones. Overall, more similarities than differences were found in the factors contributing to explaining resilience or vulnerability. However, results also revealed some differential aspects: psychological variables showed a larger explicative capacity in vulnerable adolescents, whereas factors related to school and peer contexts, especially the second, showed a stronger association with resilience. In addition, perceived family wealth, satisfaction with friendships and breakfast frequency only made a significant contribution to the explanation of resilience. The current study provides a highly useful characterization of resilience and vulnerability phenomena in adolescence. [This Document is Protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. it is reproduced with permission.]
PB Frontiers Media
SN 1664-1078
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/13044
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/13044
LA spa
NO Moreno, C., García Moya, I., Rivera de los Santos, F., José  Ramos, P.: "Characterization of vulnerable and resilient Spanish adolescents in their developmental contexts". Frontiers in Psychology. Vol. 7, article 983, (2016). DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00983
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 2 jun 2026