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A large, nonprofit, decentralized behavioral health agency with a multitude of services explored levels of resiliency of youth receiving residential treatment and non-clinical, community-based services. Significant differences in resiliency were found between different community-based programs and youth groups with different levels of need, using the Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents (Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents: A Profile of Personal Strengths Manual. San Antonio, TX). Consistent with expectations, higher reactivity and greater vulnerability characterized the residential youth. However, individual youth in residential treatment and across all community-based programs showed scores in similar typical and atypical ranges, indicating that youth in every setting could benefit from therapy or attention to elements of what constitutes resiliency.
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Thanks are given to Christine Duarte, Ph.D., and Malindi Thompson, M.P.H., for their statistical analysis support, and thoughtful content and editing suggestions.
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Butler, L.S., Francis, E. (2014). Resiliency Differences Between Youth in Community-Based and Residential Treatment Programs: An Exploratory Analysis. In: Prince-Embury, S., Saklofske, D. (eds) Resilience Interventions for Youth in Diverse Populations. The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0542-3_12
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