Abstract

RESTREPO-RESTREPO, Claudia; VINACCIA ALPI, Stefano  and  QUICENO, Japcy Margarita. RESILIENCE AND DEPRESSION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY FROM THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE ADOLESCENCE. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.2, pp.41-48. ISSN 0121-4381.

The present research had as aim to evaluate the relationships between resilience, depression and the health-related quality of life in 36 adolescents from schools in the city of Medellin, Colombia. The design of this study was exploratory-transversal-correlation. The instruments used were: the quality of life questionnaire for children Kid-Kindl, the adolescent resilience scale -ARS; children's depression inventory -CDI. The results to descriptive levels demonstrate a favorable quality of life, high resilience scores and not clinically significant levels of childhood depression. In multiple linear regressions analysis showed that emotion regulation dimension ARS scale had a positive weight on the quality of life as childhood depression had a negative weight on this variable. In conclusion, the perception of quality of life in adolescents can be modulated positive or negatively by the resilience and depression

Keywords : resilience; quality of life; depression; adolescence.

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