Mindful and Resilient? Incremental Validity of Sense of Coherence Over Mindfulness and Big Five Personality Factors for Quality of Life Outcomes

Grevenstein, Dennis; Aguilar‐Raab, Corina; Bluemke, Matthias

doi:10.1007/s10902-017-9901-y

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“…The observed association is also noteworthy given that school connectedness was one of the strongest predictors of depression (Renshaw 2018). Our suggest that a school connectedness may serve as an intermediate link between neuroticism and depression of college students (Grevenstein, Aguilar-Raab, & Bluemke, 2018;Weissman, Prusoff, & Klerman, 1978).…”

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“…Individual difference characteristics outside of the traditional Big Five such as resiliency, risk propensity, and mindfulness should also be considered (Dubas, Baams, Doornwaard, & van Aken, 2017;Grevenstein et al, 2018;Zhang, Highhouse, & Nye, 2018). A third limitation of the study is the demographic characteristics of the sample, which consisted of mostly female undergraduate students in psychology.…”

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Personality and College Student Subjective Wellbeing: A Domain-Specific Approach

Zhang

Renshaw

2019

J Happiness Stud

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Domain-specific measures of subjective wellbeing are valuable tools for assessing the mental health of college students. In this study, we examined relations between Big Five personality traits and college students' subjective wellbeing (SWB) using a college-specific measure: The College Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire (CSSWQ). Using a latent variable modeling approach called bifactor analysis, we found that the general college wellbeing factor was best predicted by agreeableness and extraversion whereas the specific dimensions of college SWB were differentially predicted by conscientiousness and neuroticism. Specifically, conscientiousness best predicted academic satisfaction and efficacy whereas neuroticism best predicted students' connectedness to the university. The results suggest that the profile of a flourishing college student is extraverted and agreeable. This study illustrates the methodological advantage of using a domain-specific measure of SWB and bifactor modeling to shed light on the unique relations between personality and various aspects of college students' mental health.

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Personality and College Student Subjective Wellbeing: A Domain-Specific Approach

Zhang

Renshaw

2019

J Happiness Stud

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“…Antonovsky described these as "generalized resistance resources" and sense of coherence denotes a person's ability to use them (Lindström, 2001). In the past, sense of coherence has been found to outperform other health-beneficial constructs when predicting psychological symptoms or substance use (Grevenstein, Aguilar-Raab, & Bluemke, 2019;Grevenstein, Aguilar-Raab, Schweitzer, & Bluemke, 2016;Grevenstein, Bluemke, & Kroeninger-Jungaberle, 2016).…”

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Better family relationships––higher well-being: The connection between relationship quality and health related resources

Grevenstein

Bluemke

Schweitzer

et al. 2019

Mental Health & Prevention

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Family relationships form very important social relationships. They provide the social context enabling the development for a healthy personality and fostering social competencies and the capacity for social adjustment. Several constructs constitute a complex sample of health beneficial attributes, such as resilience, sense of coherence, self-compassion and others, that haven't been investigated in connection with perceived quality of family relationships and collective family efficacy. In three studies we investigated, if perceived quality of family relationshipsassessed with a relatively new measure: the Evaluation of Social Systems Scalewas associated with these advantageous health-related qualities, additionally confirming EVOS' construct validity. In study 1 (N = 207) and 2 (N = 305) university students filled out several paper-pencil-questionnaire whereas in study 3 (N = 528) a heterogeneous sample took part in an online-survey. Controlling for participants' age and sex, better family relationships were associated with reduced psychological distress (r = −.30 to −.37), more satisfaction with life (r = 0.40), stronger resilience (r = 0.37), sense of coherence (r = 0.37), self-compassion (r = 0.33), optimism (r = 0.32), general self-efficacy (r = 0.27), and self-esteem (r = 0.34). Results highlight the importance of the family environment not only for psychological health and quality of life, but also for individual adaptation and well-being. In future research, this should be especially addressed in designing and providing preventative interventions for families.

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“…Grevenstein et al (2017) noted the importance of investigating heterogeneity in the subscales of SOC (comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness), even though Antonovsky (1993) did not recommend analyzing them in isolation. In a quantitative study, Grevenstein et al (2018) found that these three subscales have different relationships with psychological distress. Therefore, in verifying the relationship between SOC and the Big Five, it may be important to analyze the individual subscales of SOC.…”

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The overlap of sense of coherence and the Big Five personality traits: A confirmatory study

Kase

Ueno

Oishi

2018

Health Psychology Open

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Sense of coherence is the perception of the world as coherent. Its conceptual similarities to the Big Five personality traits have been demonstrated. We therefore investigated the relationship between sense of coherence and the Big Five. In total, 1088 Japanese youths completed the 29-item Sense of Coherence Scale and the Ten-Item Personality Inventory. Neuroticism was negatively correlated and extraversion was positively correlated with comprehensibility (r = −.47, .35), manageability (r = −.44, .26), and meaningfulness (r = −.28, .30). These correlations were strong, and the overlap between the two scales was about 36 percent. While the Big Five are related to sense of coherence, their differences cannot be ignored.

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Mindful and Resilient? Incremental Validity of Sense of Coherence Over Mindfulness and Big Five Personality Factors for Quality of Life Outcomes

Cited by 28 publications

References 77 publications

Personality and College Student Subjective Wellbeing: A Domain-Specific Approach

Personality and College Student Subjective Wellbeing: A Domain-Specific Approach

Better family relationships––higher well-being: The connection between relationship quality and health related resources

The overlap of sense of coherence and the Big Five personality traits: A confirmatory study

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