The relationship between parental child abuse, psychological hardiness, and resilience in students under the supervision of welfare organization

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 MS.c. in psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

2 MS.c. in Family Counseling, Department of Counseling , School Faculty of Psychology, Tehran University of Allameh Tabatabaee, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D. student in psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences,, University, Islamic Azad University, Branch of Rasht,, Rasht, Iran

4 Assistant professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Salman Farsi University, Kazeroon, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between parental child abuse, psychological hardiness, and resilience in students under the supervision of welfare organization.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, all students under the supervision of Kazeroon Welfare Organization in 2013-2014 were selected on clustering random sampling. In order to gather the data, the Connor resilience questionnaire, Ahvaz psychological hardiness and childhood Trauma Questionaire (CTQ) were used and then they were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and bivariate regression. 
Results: The results indicated a negative and significant relationship (p < /em><0.001) between parental child abuse, psychological hardiness and resilience.  Stepwise regression showed that the role of child physical abuse is greater than other variables. Also, emotional abuse plays a more significant role in children’s resilience.
Conclusion: It seems that child abuse and undesirable relationships in families lead to reduced resilience and psychological hardiness.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 22, Issue 2
March and April 2020
Pages 121-128

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