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Resilience and Coping as Predictors of Well-Being in Adults.
Alicia SalesPaz ViguerEncarna SatorresTeresa MayordomoJuan C. Meléndezsubject
AdultMaleAdaptive capacityCoping (psychology)Successful agingmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciences050109 social psychologyPersonal SatisfactionMiddle AgedResilience Psychological050105 experimental psychologyEducationWell-beingAdaptation PsychologicalBusiness Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Humans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesFemalePsychological resiliencePsychologySocial psychologyGeneral Psychologymedia_commondescription
Well-being is one of the keys to successful and optimal development across the lifespan. Based on the idea that development involves changes in individuals' adaptive capacity to meet their needs over time, the changes that occur in the second half of life require effort to adapt to the new reality. This study used a structural model to test the effects of coping strategies and resilience on well-being in a sample of 305 mid-life adults. Several constructs were measured: coping strategies, resilience, and well-being. A final model was obtained with good fit indices; psychological well-being was positively predicted by resilience and negatively by emotional coping. Moreover, positive reappraisal and avoidance form part of both coping strategies (problem-focused and emotion-focused). Considering the characteristics of the model, educational intervention programs could be developed to promote skills that favor good adaptation at this stage in the life cycle and contribute to promoting successful aging.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-16 | The Journal of psychology |