Gender, violence and resilience among Ugandan adolescents

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dc.contributor.authorNamy, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorCarlson, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorNorcini, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorFaris, Devin
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Louise
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorDevries, Karen
dc.contributor.authorNaker, Dipak
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.contributor.otherColumbia University
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of London
dc.contributor.otherLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T19:35:18Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T19:35:18Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractResilience, commonly understood as the ability to maintain adaptive functioning in the face of adversity, has emerged as a salient entry point in the field of positive youth development. This study makes a unique contribution by exploring dimensions of resilience among adolescents in Uganda, examining associations between violence from different perpetrators and resilience, and testing whether sex moderates these relationships. Analyses are based on data from 3706 primary school students. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) identified five factors underlying the construct of resilience: Emotional Support; Family Connectedness; School Connectedness; Social Assets; and Psychological Assets. We used regression analysis to investigate associations between these dependent variables, background characteristics, and experiences of violence (including exposure to intimate partner violence against female caregivers). Results reflect a complex relationship between violence and resilience, with patterns varying by perpetrator (e.g., teacher, peers, caregivers) and some evidence that the sex of the student moderates these dynamics. Overall, there is a consistently negative relationship between all violence measures and Psychological Assets. In addition, teacher violence is associated with lower resilience across factors and both caregiver violence and exposure to IPV are consistently associated with decreased Family Connectedness. These findings suggest that adolescents experiencing (and exposed to) violence from adults may be particularly vulnerable to internalizing and/or externalizing behaviors and withdrawal from the family. Findings point to preventing violence from teachers complemented with enhancing family relationships as promising avenues for resilience-strengthening interventions, and also emphasize the need to consider gendered strategies to ensure girls and boys benefit equally.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationNamy, S., Carlson, C., Norcini Pala, A., Faris, D., Knight, L., Allen, E., Devries, K., & Naker, D. (2017). Gender, violence and resilience among Ugandan adolescents. In Child Abuse & Neglect (Vol. 70, pp. 303–314). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.06.015
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.06.015
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8935-2181
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11493
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPergamon
dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectAdolescence
dc.subjectViolence against children
dc.subjectIPV exposure
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectCHILDRENS EXPOSURE
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectFAMILY
dc.subjectABUSE
dc.subjectIMPACT
dc.subjectFUTURE
dc.subjectYOUTH
dc.subjectRISK
dc.subjectFamily Studies
dc.subjectPsychology, Social
dc.subjectSocial Work
dc.titleGender, violence and resilience among Ugandan adolescentsen_US
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