Resiliencia en niños que han vivido maltrato infantil. Centros de acogimiento institucional de Azuay y Cañar. 2016

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Objective:
To determine the level of resilience in children from Azuay and Cañar shelter houses.
Method:
A cross-sectional study performed in 90 children, ages from 8 to 12 years referred for child abuse
from Azuay and Cañar shelters. For data collection the inventory of personal resilience factors of
Salgado, personality questionnaire BFQ-NA, and an intelligence test K-BIT were applied. Descriptive
analysis for data analysis was performed, and the U Mann Whitney for hypothesis testing.
Results:
Participants showed a normal resilience average of 68.9%, 23.3% high, 6.7 low and 1.1% very low. In
personality, average values were found in factors such as: consciousness (43.3%), openness (41.1%),
extraversion (45.6%) and emotional instability (40%), the lowest scores were in the kindness factor (38.9%).
In the intellectual assessment, participants showed a percentage in low intelligence (26.7%), medium
(25.6%) and medium low (24.4%).
Conclusions:
Participants in this study presented an average resilience (normal) in its categories: consciousness,
openness, extraversion, kindness and emotional instability. The intellectual performance is below the
average general.
Keywords: Psychological Resilience, Child Abuse, Risk Factors, Children´'s Institutions.