Psychological and social factors that promote positive adaptation to stress and adversity in the adult life cycle
Entity
UAM. Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la SaludPublisher
Springer NetherlandsDate
2011-09-07Citation
10.1007/s10902-011-9294-2
Journal of Happiness Studies13.5 (2012): 833-848
ISSN
1389-4978 (print); 1573-7780 (online)DOI
10.1007/s10902-011-9294-2Funded by
This investigation was partially funded by a grant from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología [National Council of Science and Technology] (Mexico) awarded to the first author for her doctoral studies, and partially as a research project funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [Ministry of Science and Innovation] (Spain) through the project PSI2008-02338/PSIC Emotional Information-Processing in Later Adulthood.Project
Gobierno de España. PSI2008-02338Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-011-9294-2Subjects
Positive adaptation; Resilience; Stress; Life satisfaction; Adult life cycle; PsicologíaNote
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© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011Abstract
The phenomenon of resilience reflects positive adaptation despite contexts of risk, significant adversity, or trauma (Masten and Powell 2003; Luthar 2006). The purpose
of this investigation was to propose a mediation model to explain the relation between
stress and some psychological and social resources that enhance positive adaptation
throughout the entire adult life cycle, and to explore the moderator role of age and country of origin. The indicator of positive adaptation was life satisfaction (LS). The sample comprised 171 Mexicans and 154 Spaniards (N = 325), aged between 18 and 87 years. Mediation was tested by means of various hierarchical regression analyses, which revealed that the positive adaptation process is enhanced by a group of psychological and social resources that mediate the effects of stress on LS. Self-esteem, optimism, internal control, coping aimed at acceptance, and coping aimed at seeking emotional support, as well as social contacts can mediate the negative effects of stress. Finally, it was found that age moderates the internal control but none of the remaining variables whereas the country does not moderate the relation of the variables.
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Google Scholar:Jiménez Ambriz, M. Guadalupe
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Fernández de Trocóniz, María Izal
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Montorio Cerrato, Ignacio María
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