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Mental Health, Emotion Regulation and Resilience of Destitute Children Residing at Children's Home: A Pilot Study


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1 M.A Psychology, Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K.K., Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India
2 Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K.K., Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India
     

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The paper depicts a pilot study conducted to develop the research design for a larger study and explore the relationships between mental health, emotion regulation techniques, and resilience of destitute children residing at children's homes. The study was explorative and employed purposive sampling to gather data from 28 destitute children (12-17 years) from two children's homes in Goa, India. Mental Health Battery, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Brief Resilience Scale were used for assessment. The findings indicated a positive correlation between mental health and cognitive reappraisal, r-value as 0.48 with a p-value of 0.008, and resilience with an rvalue of 0.52 and p-value 0.004, both significant at 0.01 levels. There was no significant correlation between emotion suppression and mental health, but it established a negative relationship. Also, it was evident that around 57.14% of destitute adolescents used emotion suppression to manage emotions.

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children's home, destitute children, mental health, emotion regulation, resilience
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Authors

Neethu Prakashan
M.A Psychology, Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K.K., Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India
Bidisha Banerjee
Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K.K., Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India

Abstract


The paper depicts a pilot study conducted to develop the research design for a larger study and explore the relationships between mental health, emotion regulation techniques, and resilience of destitute children residing at children's homes. The study was explorative and employed purposive sampling to gather data from 28 destitute children (12-17 years) from two children's homes in Goa, India. Mental Health Battery, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Brief Resilience Scale were used for assessment. The findings indicated a positive correlation between mental health and cognitive reappraisal, r-value as 0.48 with a p-value of 0.008, and resilience with an rvalue of 0.52 and p-value 0.004, both significant at 0.01 levels. There was no significant correlation between emotion suppression and mental health, but it established a negative relationship. Also, it was evident that around 57.14% of destitute adolescents used emotion suppression to manage emotions.

Keywords


children's home, destitute children, mental health, emotion regulation, resilience

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2022%2Fv13i1%2F212293