Resiliency in Adolescence: Cumulative Risk and Promotive Factors Explain Violence and Transportation Risk Behaviors. Issue 3 (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Buckley, Lisa; Chapman, Rebekah L.
• Is Part Of: Youth & society. Volume 52:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 311
• Page End: 331
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: resilience -- problem behavior -- delinquency -- risk and protective; Youth -- Periodicals; 305.235
• DOI: 10.1177/0044118X17753814
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0044-118X

Abstract

Adolescent intentional and unintentional injury is commonly related to involvement in violence and transportation behaviors. While many risk and promotive factors have been identified, a cumulative assessment of such factors is less common, and this has rarely been undertaken with transportation behaviors. The study involved Australian adolescents from high schools with greater than 75% of students from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds, aged 13 to 14 years ( n = 826). Findings showed the presence of risk factors increased the odds of engagement in unintentional and intentional injury-risk behavior and the presence of promotive factors decreased the odds, supporting a compensatory model of resiliency. An interaction term of cumulative risk by promotive factors was a significant predictor in logistic regression analyses suggesting a protective-factor model of resiliency also applies. The research has implications for resiliency theory in the field of transportation and adds to the research on the value of compensatory and protective-factor models of resiliency.