Abstract

GONZALEZ-ARRATIA LOPEZ FUENTES, Norma Ivonne  and  VALDEZ MEDINA, José Luis. Resilience. Differences by Age in Mexican Men and Women. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2015, vol.5, n.2, pp.1996-2010. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.1016/s2007-4719(15)30019-3.

This study examines levéis of resilience considering differences of age and sex, so it provides data from a sample composed of 607 participants divided into four age groups: children, teenagers, young adults and middle adulthood, men and women all of the city of Toluca México, applying the questionnaire of resilience of González Arratia (2011). The results of the exploratory factor analysis for each age bracket, indícate a structure of three factors that vary in each group, which suggests the dimensions of resilience to follow different patterns according to the age. Also reported significant differences between men and women. It is concluded that in the research into resilience is essential to evalúate the variables proposed in the study simultaneously in order to have consistent results.

Keywords : Resilience; Age; Sex; Development.

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