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Predictors of Resilience



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    Objective: Resilience is defined as a characteristic of positive psychology (Wagnild & Young, 1993) that facilitates "positive adaptation in the context of significant risk or adversity" (Ong , Bergeman, & Boker, 2009, p. 1777). Interventions (e.g. the Comprehensive Soldier & Family Fitness Program by the Army) aimed at increasing resilience are valuable for individuals that have faced traumatic experiences. This study expands the research of resilience by integrating personal control and supervisor support into the resilience process to explain why individuals are able to overcome difficult situations. Methods: Two hundred and twenty eight U.S. participants were recruited using mTurk (56.8% female). Participants worked between 20 and 80 (M=39.4, SD=9.76) hours per week. The constructs of resilience (Wagnild & Young, 1993), personality (Goldberg, 1999), coping skills (Carver, 1997), perceived supervisor support (Eisenberger et al., 2002) scale, and personal control (Paulhus, 1990) were measured. Results: A hierarchical regression examined the impact of emotional stability, extraversion, conscientiousness (Step 1; R2 = .40), coping skills (Step 2; R2 = .47), and perceived supervisor support and personal control (Step 3; R2 = .56) on resilience. All variables significantly predicted resilience except for perceived supervisor support (B = .01, p = ns). Conclusion: Exploring the impact of personal control (i.e. personal efficacy) and perceived supervisor support are novel contributions to research on resilience, and suggest that personal control is a significant predictor of resilience above and beyond other protective factors (personality and coping skills). [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    University of South Florida (USF)
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Abstract or Summary
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    12
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20064183
  • Citation:
    Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, Florida. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida (USF), 2014 Feb; :12
  • Contact Point Address:
    Julie Lanz, Florida International University Department of Psychology
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2014
  • Performing Organization:
    Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, Florida
  • End Date:
    20290630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:c5d20836704d13618616b9cb454bfb5f7bd004cfd8194cfe30e481c58e5d1479d1d3a697b20f307ca72a0928f65654a1ecbb9bbaed2ff486ccbd1432eb4c0533
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