The aim of this study was to test an integrated model resilience. Predictive relationships and models of moderation were established between individual protective factors and psychosocial protective factors. The sample consisted of 195 adolescents, aged 14 to 19, who lived and studied in the context of high socioeconomic vulnerability in Puente Alto in Santiago. The design was not experimental and transversal. The results showed that family social support and social support from friends were found to be significant in explaining the levels of resilience, however, perceived social support to family level was more important than the level perceived social support from friends. To investigate the specific mechanisms, it was observed that the family social support plays a moderating role in the relationship between self-esteem and resilience. In that sense social support would have a significant differentiating effects in adolescents with low self-esteem, could act as a "buffer" of stressful events in the absence of a high self-concept, whereas in adolescents with high levels of self-esteem, perceived social support would have a lower relative weight, then the individual would be able to cope with adversity relying on personal resources.
Keywords:
vulnerable adolescents, self-esteem. social support, mental health, resilience
Leiva, L., Pineda, M., & Encina, Y. (2013). Self-esteem and social support as predictors of resilience in a group of adolescents on social vulnerability. Revista De Psicología, 22(2), Pág. 111–123. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2013.30859
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