The validity of the residuals approach to measuring resilience to adverse childhood experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resilience is broadly defined as the ability to maintain or regain functioning in the face of adversity. Recent work to harmonise the quantification and definition of resilience quantifies resilience as the residual variance in psychosocial functioning that remains after accounting for adversity exposure. However, there have been no published studies that have formally investigated the validity of this approach. Considering this, we examine the construct and predictive validity of the residuals approach using participants from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a multigenerational, longitudinal cohort study.

Methods

We regressed exposures of adolescent adversity on adolescent psychopathology scores using the Strength and Difficulties Que

SUBMITTER: Cahill S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889660 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature