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- PublikationOn the complex relationship between resilience and hair cortisol levels in adolescence despite parental physical abuse. a fourth wave of resilience research(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2024) Kassis, Wassilis; Aksoy, Dilan; Favre, Céline Anne; Arnold, Julia; Gaugler, Stefan; Grafinger, Katharina; Artz, Sibylle; Magnuson, Doug [in: Frontiers in Psychiatry]Introduction: To understand the family’s role in adolescents’ mental health development and the connection to neurodevelopmental disorders related to experienced parental physical abuse, we first explored resilience pathways longitudinally and secondly, connected the identified patterns to adolescents’ hair cortisol levels that are rooted in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis as the main stress response system and connected brain structure alterations. Methods: We analyzed longitudinal online questionnaire data for three consecutive high school years (from seventh to ninth grade) and four survey waves from a representative sample of n = 1609 high school students in Switzerland on violence–resilience pathways. Furthermore, we collected students’ hair samples from a subsample of n = 229 at survey wave 4. About 30% of the participating adolescents had been physically abused by their parents. Out of the overall sample, we drew a subsample of adolescents with parental abuse experiences (survey wave 1 n = 509; survey wave 2 n = 506; survey wave 3 n = 561; survey wave 4 n = 560). Results: Despite the odds, about 20–30% of adolescents who have experienced parental physical abuse escaped the family violence cycle and can be called resilient. By applying a person-oriented analytical approach via latent class and transition analysis, we longitudinally identified and compared four distinct violence–resilience patterns. We identified violence resilience as a multidimensional latent construct, which includes hedonic and eudaimonic protective and risk indicators. Because resilience should not solely be operationalized based on the lack of psychopathology, our latent construct included both feeling good (hedonic indicators such as high levels of self-esteem and low levels of depression/anxiety and dissociation) and doing well (eudaimonic indicators such as high levels of self-determination and self-efficacy as well as low levels of aggression toward peers). Discussion: The present study confirmed that higher cortisol levels significantly relate to the comorbid pattern (internalizing and externalizing symptoms), and further confirmed the presence of lasting alterations in brain structures. In this way, we corroborated the insight that when studying the resilience pathways and trajectories of abused adolescents, biological markers such as hair cortisol significantly enhance and deepen the understanding of the longitudinal mechanisms of psychological markers (e.g., self-determination, self-esteem, self-efficacy) that are commonly applied in questionnaires.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
- PublikationWhat doesn't kill them doesn't make them stronger: Questioning our current notions of resilience(Elsevier, 2018) Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; Maurovic, Ivana [in: Child Abuse & Neglect]01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
- PublikationGewalt von Schülerinnen und Schülern(Klinkhardt, 2016) Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; Melzer, Wolfgang; Hermann, Dieter; Sandfuchs, Uwe; Schäfer, Mechthild; Daschner, Peter [in: Handbuch Aggression, Gewalt und Kriminalität bei Kindern und Jugendlichen]04A - Beitrag Sammelband
- PublikationA dynamic and gender sensitive understanding of adolescents’ personal and school resilience characteristics(University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care, 2015) Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; Moldenhauer, Stephanie; Géczy, István; Rossiter, Katherine [in: International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies]01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
- PublikationFinding the way out: A non-dichotomous understanding of resilience of adolescents(Elsevier, 2013) Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; Scambor, Christian; Scambor, Elli; Moldenhauer, Stephanie [in: Child Abuse & Neglect]01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
- PublikationGender: Dynamische Resilienzperspektiven für den geschlechtsspezifischen Umgang Jugendlicher mit familiärer Gewalt(Springer, 2013) Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; Steinebach, Christoph; Gharabaghi, Kiaras [in: Resilienzförderung im Jugendalter]04A - Beitrag Sammelband
- PublikationLaying Down the Family Burden: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Resilience(Taylor & Francis, 2013) Kassis, Wassilis; Artz, Sibylle; Moldenhauer, Stephanie [in: Child & Youth Services]01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
- PublikationRethinking Indirect Aggression: The End of the Mean Girl Myth(Taylor & Francis, 2013) Artz, Sibylle; Kassis, Wassilis; Moldenhauer, Stephanie [in: Victims & Offenders]01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift