Resilience and Its Association with Depression, Emotional and Behavioural Problems, and Mental Health Service Utilisation among Refugee Adolescents Living in South Australia
Table 1
Sociodemographic correlates of, and group differences in, CD-RISC total and factor scores.
Variable
Group
Total resilience
Factor 1
Factor 2
Factor 3
Factor 4
Factor 5
Median
Median
Median
Median
Median
Median
Age
12–14
66.5
64
0.321
24
64
0.116
14
64
0.808
14
64
0.595
9
64
0.051
5
64
0.627
15-16
68
66
24
66
14
66
14
66
9
66
6
66
17-18
57.5
36
20
36
15.5
36
13
36
7
36
6
36
Gender
Male
58
86
<0.001
20
86
<0.001
13
86
0.002
12
86
0.005
7.5
86
<0.001
5
86
0.051
Female
70
84
25
84
16
84
14
84
9
84
6
84
Migration region
Africa
60
53
0.192
21
53
0.189
13
53
0.070
12
53
0.002
8
53
0.934
6
53
0.048
Former Yugoslavia
69
35
24
35
17
35
15
35
9
35
5
35
Middle East
67
82
23
82
13.5
82
13
82
9
82
6
82
Years since arrival
<5
59
84
<0.001
20
84
0.002
13
84
<0.001
11.5
84
<0.001
8
84
0.041
6
84
0.477
≥5
71
82
25
82
17
82
15
82
9
82
5
82
Exposed to trauma
Yes
60
59
0.166
21
59
0.259
14
59
0.172
12
59
0.026
8
59
0.300
6
59
0.415
No
68
98
24
98
15
98
14
98
9
98
6
98
Help sought (self-report)
Yes
52
13
0.076
18
13
0.088
11
13
0.016
12
13
0.178
8
13
0.317
5
13
0.493
No
65
145
23
145
14
145
14
145
9
145
6
145
Help sought (parent report)
Yes
54.5
10
0.060
19
10
0.100
11.5
10
0.072
9.5
10
0.012
8
10
0.129
6.5
10
0.381
No
68
118
23.5
118
15
118
14
118
9
118
6
118
CDI category
Nondepressed
68
138
0.010
Depressed
48
8
SDQ category
Normal
68
153
0.004
Borderline
49
10
Abnormal
44
7
Note. Results reaching statistical significance at an alpha level of appear in boldface. Maximum participants with no missing data on the CD-RISC. Further missing data in some of the sociodemographic correlates resulted in some N’s being less than 170.
