RESILIENCIA Y DEPRESIóN: UN ESTUDIO EXPLORATORIO DESDE LA CALIDAD DE VIDA EN LA ADOLESCENCIA

the present research had as aim to evaluate the relationships between resilience, depression and the health-related quality of life in 36 adolescents from schools in the city of medellin, colombia. the design of this study was exploratory-transversal-correlation. the instruments used were: the quality of life questionnaire for children kid-kindl, the adolescent resilience scale -ars; children's depression inventory -cdi. the results to descriptive levels demonstrate a favorable quality of life, high resilience scores and not clinically significant levels of childhood depression. in multiple linear regressions analysis showed that emotion regulation dimension ars scale had a positive weight on the quality of life as childhood depression had a negative weight on this variable. in conclusion, the perception of quality of life in adolescents can be modulated positive or negatively by the resilience and depression