Adult support during childhood: a retrospective study of trusted adult relationships, sources of personal adult support and their association with childhood resilience resources

Table 4 Bivariate association between elements of childhood resilience resources and number of sources of personal adult support

Childhood resilience resources	All		Number of sources of personal adult support (%)
Childhood resilience resources	%	n	0	1	2	3	≥ 4	X² trend	p
Role model	87.2	2170	50.4	70.3	90.9	94.2	98.0	404.392	***
Parents/caregivers knew a lot about me	83.8	2089	44.1	67.4	86.9	90.4	96.1	384.604	***
Belonged at school	73.0	1821	37.7	55.3	71.2	78.5	88.9	309.293	***
Supportive friends	87.1	2170	59.8	70.6	89.3	92.2	97.4	294.000	***
Community help	65.9	1641	35.2	45.7	59.8	71.7	84.4	304.088	***
Given opportunities	79.3	1976	48.1	62.7	77.7	86.9	92.0	283.089	***
Culturally engaged	79.6	1983	46.9	58.4	79.5	86.8	94.1	352.537	***

For a full description of each resilience resource, see Additional file 1: Table S1
ACE adverse childhood experience
***p < 0.001

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