The Childhood Resilience Study: Resilience and emotional and behavioural wellbeing experienced by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys and girls aged 5-9 years.

Autor: Gartland D; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Intergenerational Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Nikolof A; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Women's and Kids Theme, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Mensah F; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Intergenerational Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia., Gee G; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Intergenerational Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia., Glover K; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Intergenerational Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Women's and Kids Theme, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Leane C; Women's and Children's Health Network, South Australia Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Carter H; Department for Education, Aboriginal Education Directorate, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia., Brown SJ; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Intergenerational Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Women's and Kids Theme, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Apr 16; Vol. 19 (4), pp. e0301620. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 16 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301620
Abstrakt: Background: Resilience is a process of drawing on internal or external strengths to regain, sustain or improve adaptive outcomes despite adversity. Using a child resilience measure co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, we investigate: 1) children's personal, family, school and community strengths; 2) gender differences; and 3) associations between resilience and wellbeing.
Methods: 1132 parent/caregivers of children aged 5-12 years were recruited to the Childhood Resilience Study, including through the Aboriginal Families Study. The Aboriginal Families Study is a population-based cohort of 344 mothers of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander child. This paper focuses on the wave 2 survey data on child resilience at age 5-9 years (n = 231). Resilience was assessed with the Child Resilience Questionnaire-parent/caregiver report (CRQ-P/C), categorised into tertiles of low, moderate and high scores. Child emotional/behavioural wellbeing and mental health competence was assessed with the parent-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. All Tobit regression models adjusted for child age.
Outcomes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls had higher resilience scores compared to boys (Adj.β = 0·9, 95%CI 0·9-1·4), with higher School Engagement, Friends and Connectedness to language scale scores. Resilience scores were strongly associated with wellbeing and high mental health competence. A higher proportion of girls with low resilience scores had positive wellbeing than did boys (73.3% versus 49.0%). High resilience scores were associated with lower SDQ total difficulties score after adjusting for child age, gender, maternal age and education and family location (major city, regional, remote) (Adj.β = -3.4, 95%CI -5.1, -1.7). Compared to the Childhood Resilience Study sample, Aboriginal Families Study children had higher mean CRQ-P/C scores in the personal and family domains.
Interpretation: High family strengths can support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at both an individual and cultural level. Boys may benefit from added scaffolding by schools, family and communities to support their social and academic connectedness.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Gartland et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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