Resiliencia: Diferencias por Edad en Hombres y Mujeres Mexicanos

Abstract

En este estudio se examinan los niveles de resiliencia considerando diferencias de edad y sexo, por lo que se presentan datos provenientes de una muestra compuesta por 607 participantes divididos en cuatro grupos de edad: niños, adolescentes, adultos jóvenes y adultez media, hombres y mujeres todos de la ciudad de Toluca México, aplicándose el cuestionario de resiliencia de González Arratia (2011). Los resultados de los análisis factoriales exploratorios para cada tramo de edad, indican una estructura de tres factores que varían en cada grupo, lo cual sugiere que las dimensiones de la resiliencia siguen patrones distintos según la edad. Asimismo se reportan diferencias significativas entre hombres y mujeres. Se concluye que en la investigación en resiliencia es indispensable evaluar las variables propuestas en el estudio de manera simultánea a fin de contar con resultados consistentes.

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“…However, sex was independent. A similar result was previously reported [15, 17, 22–24, 40]. Although Palomar and Gomez [12] reported greater resilience in women than in men, Fuentes et al [41] reported more resilience in male adolescents using a resilience questionnaire developed by the authors.…”

“…We expected that the level of resilience would be greater in persons with higher educational levels, older age and female sex [12, 21–23]. This expectation was supported in relation to educational level; in accordance with previous studies, the strength of the association was low [12, 21, 22]. The relationship with age was very low: the greater the age, the greater the level of structure, according to our expectation [12, 21–23].…”

“…Although Palomar and Gomez [12] reported greater resilience in women than in men, Fuentes et al [41] reported more resilience in male adolescents using a resilience questionnaire developed by the authors. In another study published in 2013, the authors reported greater resilience in women in different age groups (children, adolescents, adults from 18 to 30 years old and adults from 31 to 59) [22]. These contradictory results indicate that the effect of sex is spurious and ultimately independent.…”

“…In correspondence with the proposed objectives, the hypotheses are as follows: 1) very high overall internal consistency [12, 15–17] and from very high to acceptable internal consistency for the factors [12, 15, 16]; 2) a five-factor model with convergent and discriminant validity in its factors (strength/self-confidence, social competence, family support, social support, and structure) [12, 15–17]; 3) normal distribution in the RESI-M total score due to assessing a personality trait [20], although its factors may show asymmetry [16, 17]; 4) the higher the level of resilience, the higher the educational level and age [12, 21, 22], and greater resilience in women than men [12, 22–24], although sociodemographic variables are usually independent of resilience [15, 16, 24]; 5) the highest means in family and social support and the lowest mean in structure [16], and 6) positive correlation with psychological well-being [14], negative correlation with depression, anxiety and parental stress [18], and independence or low correlation with social desirability.…”

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“…Previous studies [132,133] have obtained similar results to those that were obtained in this study when relating resilience to gender and age. More specific studies close to our object of study [16,27,47] also demonstrate the correlation between success and resilience.…”