Stressful life events and resilience among carers of Aboriginal children in urban New South Wales: cross-sectional findings from the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In caregivers of urban Aboriginal children, to determine the frequency of major stressful life events, the proportion who meet criteria for resilience, and factors that are associated with resilience.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Four Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services located in urban or regional areas in New South Wales, Australia.

Participants

574 caregivers of Aboriginal children participating in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health.

Primary outcome measure

Resilience, defined as having experienced three or more stressful life events in the last 12 months, and having scores of ≤21 on the Kessler 10 Psychological Distress scale.

Results

Over half (315, 55%) of the caregivers reporte

SUBMITTER: Young C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009629 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature