Background: Resilience enables adaptation and recovery from adversity, trauma, or stress. This cross-sectional study examined personal and relational resilience among Children in Conflict with the Law (CCL) and sociodemographic influences.
Method: Participants were 300 adolescents from juvenile correction homes in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. Resilience was measured with the Child and Youth Resilience Measure–Revised (CYRM-R; Ungar & Liebenberg, 2011). Sociodemographic data were collected via questionnaire.
Results: Personal and relational resilience protected against family dysfunction, peer pressure, trauma, substance use, academic failure, and delinquency. Females showed higher personal resilience than males (t=2.30, p<.05). Children of parents in formal occupations had higher relational resilience than those in informal jobs (t=2.42, p<.01). Fathers' education predicted both personal (t=2.20, p<.05) and relational resilience (t=2.24, p<.05); mothers' education predicted relational resilience (t=2.33, p<.05). Alcohol use (t=2.87, p<.01) and smoking (t=2.63, p<.01) linked to lower personal resilience.
Conclusion: Resilience buffers CCL developmental risks. Gender-specific, parent-education, occupation-leveraged, and substance-prevention interventions can enhance psychosocial adjustment.
Keywords: Resilience outcomes, Personal resilience, Relational resilience, Psychosocial adjustment, Children in conflict with the law.
How to cite this article: Aparna K, Raju MVR, Resilience Outcomes among Children in Conflict with the Law. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(2s): 971-978; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.971-978