Hidden Resilience in the Life of Adolescents with Involvement in Drug Trafficking

Abstract This paper identifies hidden resilience processes among adolescents and young adults who have had involvement in drug trafficking. The participants were 551 adolescents and young people, aged 12-20 years (M = 16.01; SD = 1.548) from both genders, 55.4% of whom were boys. They were recruited...

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Autores: Pessoa, Alex Sandro Gomes, Coimbra, Renata Maria, Koller, Sílvia Helena, Ungar, Michael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/183733
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e34426
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/183733
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:hidden resilience
adolescents
drug trafficking
resiliência oculta
adolescentes
tráfico de drogas
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Sumario:Abstract This paper identifies hidden resilience processes among adolescents and young adults who have had involvement in drug trafficking. The participants were 551 adolescents and young people, aged 12-20 years (M = 16.01; SD = 1.548) from both genders, 55.4% of whom were boys. They were recruited from three social service institutions located in the state of São Paulo, which offer services for adolescents with and without a history of involvement in drug trafficking. To assess rates of resilience, the Child and Youth Resilience Measure was employed. Contrary to expectations, adolescents with greater involvement in drug trafficking had higher rates of resilience. This paper challenges the hegemonic conceptualization of resilience and proposes that more studies of hidden resilience need to be conducted.