Resilience in university students after the impact of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Guerrero
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The main aim of this article was to analyze the socioeconomic and resilience characteristics of high school and undergraduate students at the Autonomous University of Guerrero (Mexico). The cross-sectional design of the study was based on a descriptive-correlational approach, the second part referred to the Resilience Scale (RS-25), which reached an internal consistency of 0.887 (Cronbach´s alpha). Living in flood zones and in wooden or tin houses is associated with parent´s maximum education level being high school, family economic impact, and severe damage to their homes, while living in non-flood zones is associated with: getting to school in 30 minutes or more; family economic impact and disastrous damage to their homes. In this context, females are slightly more resilient to item 23 “when I am in a difficult situation, I usually find a way out” (OR = 2.072 [95 % CI 1.058-4.059]. The factor analysis covered six dimensions: self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, emotional strength, emotional maturity, pragmatism, and sense of purpose, which explain 58.38 % of the total variance; the appropriateness of the scale was determined with the KMO measure = 0.898. It is essential that the educational authorities contribute to the emotional well-being of the student body, after having experienced the effects of hurricane Otis.
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