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Resilience is a sign of positive psychological coping amidst adversity. Limited studies have investigated resilience in young adults who have a parent with mental illness, and fewer in tribal populations. This mixed methods study was based on a sequential explanatory model. A pilot field study was conducted with tribal young adults (n=10). The main study aimed to assess resilience in tribal young adults (n=61) through the administration of the Tamil translated version of the Wagnild& Young Resilience Scale (2009). Purposive sampling from a tribal hospital’s records derived young adults from 4 vulnerable tribal communities residing in Nilgiri hills of South India. Target group comprised tribal young adults (n=31) who had a parent with depression or psychosis, and comparison group comprised tribal young adults (n=30) with parents without mental illness. A subsample of participants from each group (n=5+5) was selected for a semi-structured interview. Quantitative and qualitative data were analysed using Independent Samples t-Test and Thematic Analysis respectively. Results revealed that overall resilience was not significantly different between target and comparison groups, which accepted the null hypothesis. Resilience was not significantly different between females and males, which again accepted the null hypothesis. Despite living in severe adversity tribal young adults are resilient; parental mental illness is only one among many vulnerabilities faced by them. The prevailing extrinsic and intrinsic protective factors might explain their resilience.
适应力是逆境中积极心理应对的标志。有限的研究调查了父母患有精神疾病的年轻人的恢复能力,而在部落人口中则较少。本混合方法研究基于序贯解释模型。对部落青年(n=10)进行了一项试验性实地研究。主要研究旨在通过泰米尔语翻译版Wagnild& young resilience Scale(2009)评估部落年轻人(n=61)的心理弹性。从一家部落医院的记录中有目的地抽样了居住在印度南部Nilgiri山区的4个弱势部落社区的年轻人。目标组由父母患有抑郁症或精神病的部落年轻人(n=31)组成,对照组由父母没有精神疾病的部落年轻人(n=30)组成。从每组(n=5+5)中选择参与者的子样本进行半结构化访谈。定量和定性数据分别采用独立样本t检验和专题分析。结果显示,目标组和对照组之间的整体弹性没有显著差异,接受零假设。弹性在男女之间没有显著差异,再次接受零假设。尽管生活在严重的逆境中,部落的年轻人却很有韧性;父母的精神疾病只是他们面临的众多弱点之一。普遍存在的外在和内在保护因素可能解释了它们的弹性。