[Profiles of resilience and quality of life in people with acquired disability due to traffic accidents]

Abstract

Objectives: To identify distinct profiles of resilience in people with spinal cord injuries due to traffic accidents and to determine whether the profiles identified are related to differences in subjective well-being.

Methods: The Resilience Scale (Wagnild and Young, 1993) and an adapted quality of life scale (GENCAT) were administered to 98 people with physical disabilities due to traffic accidents.

Results: Cluster analyses identified three different resilience profiles: a high-resilience group, a low-resilience group, and a group showing a predominance of high scores in self and life acceptance and social competence. The results also revealed statistically significant differences among profiles in most domains of subjective well-being.

Conclusion: The results suggest the need to study resilience in greater depth and to design programs to enhance quality of life among people with disabilities due to traffic accidents.

Keywords: Accidente de tráfico; Calidad de vida; Disability; Discapacidad; Quality of life; Resilience; Resiliencia; Traffic accident.