The relation between the perception of family resilience and some characteristics of adolescents from City of Zagreb and their families

Temeljni cilj diplomskog rada jest dobiti uvid u percepciju obiteljske otpornosti od strane adolescenata (srednjoškolaca grada ZG). Specifični ciljevi vezani su uz istraživanje odnosa između percepcije obiteljske otpornosti i pojedinih obilježja sudionika poput školskog uspjeha i strukture njihovih obitelji. Istraživanje je provedeno sredinom travnja 2017. godine na prigodnom uzorku od 220 učenika u dvije srednje strukovne škole te jednoj gimnaziji u Gradu Zagrebu. Uzorak se sastojao od 90 učenika iz Škole za Grafiku, dizajn i medijsku produkciju, 41 učenika iz Veterinarske škole i 89 učenika iz Prve gimnazije. Istraživanje je provedeno u okviru pilot projekta «Pozitivan razvoj adolescenata grada Zagreba: analiza stanja» na Odsjeku za poremećaje u ponašanju, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijskog fakulteta. Za potrebe navedenog projekta, izrađen je instrument koji se sastoji od nekoliko različitih skala te od dodatnih pitanja kojima su prikupljeni sociodemografski podaci o sudionicima istraživanja. Za potrebe ovog rada, kako bi se dobili podaci potrebni za ostvarivanje cilja i kako bi se odgovorilo na postavljene probleme od cjelovitog instrumenta uzeti su u obzir: (1)Upitnik o demografskim podacima i (2)Skala obiteljske otpornosti. U istraživanju je korištena metoda ''papir-olovka'', a sudjelovanje u istraživanju je bilo anonimno. Rezultati su pokazali kako sudionici izražavaju «relativno visoku» prisutnost obiteljske otpornosti u dvije promatrane subskale – (1) Obiteljska komunikacija i rješavanje problema te (3) Obiteljska organizacija, i to rezultatima višim od matematičkog prosjeka. Na subskali (2) pod nazivom Obiteljski sustav vjerovanja, rezultati su pokazali prisutnost obiteljske otpornosti, ali rezultat je prosječan, a ne viši od matematičkog prosjeka. Nadalje, što se tiče školskog uspjeha, dobiveni rezultati pokazuju kako postoji povezanost obiteljske otpornosti sa subjektivnom percepcijom vlastitog školskog uspjeha u području sudjelovanja u izvannastavnim aktivnostima (na sve tri subskale obiteljske otpornosti i na ukupnom rezultatu obiteljske otpornosti) i djelomično u odnosu s nastavnicima u školi (na dimenziji obiteljski sustav vjerovanja i na ukupnom rezultatu obiteljske otpornosti), dok ne postoji povezanost obiteljske otpornosti s obavljanjem školskih zadataka i odnosima s vršnjacima. Što se tiče povezanosti između percepcije obiteljske otpornosti i broja braće i sestara s kojima sudionici žive, rezultati istraživanja nisu potvrdili povezanost između obiteljske komunikacije i rješavanja problema, obiteljske organizacije i ukupnog rezultata na skali obiteljske otpornosti s brojem braće i sestara s kojima sudionici žive. S druge strane, pokazalo se da je obiteljski sustav vjerovanja pozitivno povezan s brojem braće i sestara (r=0,163, p=0,018). Proučavajući strukturu obitelji, rezultati istraživanja pokazali su kako ne postoji statistički značajna razlika u percepciji obiteljske otpornosti u odnosu na strukturu obitelji u smislu života s oba ili jednim/nijednim roditeljem.The main aim of this paper is to gain insight into the perception of family resilience by adolescents (high school students in the City of Zagreb). The specific objectives are related to exploring the relationship between the perception of family resilience and the particular characteristics of participants such as school success and their family structure. The survey was conducted during April 2017 on a sample of 220 students in two vocational high schools and one gymnasium in the city of Zagreb. The sample consisted of 90 students from Graphic School for Media production and Design, 41 students from the Veterinary High School and 89 students from the First Gymnasium. The survey was conducted in the framework of the pilot project "The positive development of adolescents from City of Zagreb: state of the art" in the Department of Behavioural Disorders, on the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb. For the purposes of this project, an instrument was developed that consists of several different scales and of additional questions which collected socio-demographic data on research participants. For purposes of this study, in order to gain the information needed to meet the goal and in order to answer to the research questions, out of whole instrument, these were taken into account: (1) questionnaire on demographic data and (2) Scale of family resilience (modifved Sixbey, 2005). The paper-pencil method was used in the research, participation in the survey was anonymous and in line with current ethical standards widely applied in the field. The results showed that participants express "relatively high" the presence of family resilience in the two observed subscale - (1) Family communication and problem solving and (3) Family organization, with results higher than the mathematical average. At the subscale (2) called Family belief system, the results showed the presence of family resilience, but the result is average and not higher than the mathematical average. Furthermore, as far as school success is concerned, the obtained results show that there is a correlation between family resilience and the subjective perception of their own school success in the field of participation in extracurricular activities (in all three sub-scale of family resilience and on the overall result of a family resilience) and partly in relation with the teachers at school (on the dimension of the family belief system and on the overall result of family resilience), while there is no correlation between family resilience to performing school tasks and relationships with peers. As for the connection between the perception of family resilience and number of siblings with which participants live, the results of the research did not confirm the correlation between family communication and problem solving, family organization and overall results on the scale of family resilience with the number of brothers and sisters with whom the participants live. On the other hand, the family belief system was positively associated with the number of brothers and sisters (r=0.163, p=0.018). By studying the structure of the family, the survey results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the perception of family resilience in relation to the structure of the family in terms of living with both or one/none parent