Comparison of resilience and emotional perception in physically, emotionally and normally abused students

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to compare resilience and emotional perception in physically, emotionally, and normally abused students. Method: This was a causal-comparative study and a case-control study. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the Ekman Emotional Perception Scale, was used to collect data. Research data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance and LSD post hoc test. Results: The results showed that the mean scores of resilience and emotional perception in students who were physically abused were significantly lower than normal students (P <۰.۰۰۱). Conclusion: These results indicate that emotional perception and resilience are the variables affecting child abuse.

Keywords:

Physical abuse , emotional perception , resilience