Relationships between Psychological Well-being and Resilience in Middle and Late Adolescents

Abstract

The aim of this investigation was to examine the relationships between the dimensions of psychological well-being (according to the Ryff's perspective) and resilience (in relation to the Wagnild and Young's model) in a sample of 224 middle and late adolescents. We used the Psychological Well-Being Scales with 18 items grouped in six dimensions (autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, positive relations with others, personal growth, and self-acceptance) and the 10 item-version of Resilience Scale. Results showed positive relationships between PWB (environmental mastery, personal growth, and selfacceptance) and resilience: the more the adolescents were able to choose contexts suitable to personal needs, to see themselves as growing and expanding, and to perceive themselves as self-satisfied, the more they were resilient. Boys expressed a greater wellbeing (environmental mastery and self-acceptance) than girls and late adolescents showed a greater well-being (personal growth and purpose in life) than middle ones. Future researches could deepen the relationships between self-efficacy and psychological well-being.

Italian and Swedish adolescents: differences and associations in subjective well-being and psychological well-being

“…Accordingly, more recently, among Italian adolescents, it was noted that individuals with the self-fulfilling profile reported higher resilience (in detail, sense of humor, competence, adaptability, and engagement) and psychological well-being (in terms of full autonomy, sense of purpose in life, and self-acceptance) than adolescents with any other type of affective profile (De Caroli & Sagone, 2016). Furthermore, Italian boys expressed higher levels of psychological well-being than girls, specifically, in environmental mastery and self-acceptance (Sagone & De Caroli, 2014. See Garcia, 2011 for similar results among Swedish adolescents).…”

“…The elements of psychological well-being are represented by self-acceptance (i.e., acceptance of the self, self-actualization, optimal functioning, and maturity), positive relations with the others (i.e., the ability to express feelings of empathy and affection for all human beings and to be able of greater love and friendship, and identification with others), autonomy (i.e., independence and regulation of behavior through internal locus of control), environmental mastery (i.e., the ability to create environments suitable to healthy conditions), purpose in life (i.e., a sense of goal directedness and intentionality), and, finally, personal growth (i.e., the realization of one’s potentialities, underlining the value of new challenges at different moments of one’s own life). Psychological well-being has been studied among adolescents in relation to other constructs such as resilience and hardiness (Kobasa, Maddi & Kahn, 1982; Masten et al, 1999; Sagone & De Caroli, 2014; De Caroli & Sagone, 2016), adaptive coping strategies and sense of coherence (Pallant & Lae, 2002), and in relation to subjective well-being operationalized as affective profiles (Garcia & Siddiqui, 2009a; Garcia & Siddiqui, 2009b; Garcia, Nima & Kjell, 2014). …”

Pengaruh Faktor Ekologi Terhadap Resiliensi Remaja

“…Penelitian Hicks et al (2013) menemukan bahwa kaitan antara genlingkungan dan perbedaan individu berkontribusi pada fase perkembangan awal yang berisiko tinggi bagi penyalahgunaan zat/obat pada remaja. Resiliensi juga berhubungan dengan kesejahteraan psikologis (Sagone & De Caroli, 2014). Riset yang dilakukan terhadap orang usia dewasa menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan signifikan antara tingkat resiliensi yang baik dengan kecenderungan kehidupan masa depan yang lebih baik, diantaranya yakni kesuksesan di masa tua, tingkat depresi yang lebih rendah, dan berumur panjang (MacLeod et al, 2016).…”

“…Karakter sifat yang dimiliki oleh remaja juga merupakan faktor protektif dalam membantu menjaga kesehatan mental anak (Witt, et al, 2014). Selain itu, pemahaman akan lingkungan, pengembangan pribadi, serta penerimaan diri juga terbukti berhubungan positif dengan resiliensi (Sagone & De Caroli, 2014). Hal ini berkaitan dengan temuan Wang, Liu, dan Xin (2014) bahwa seorang individu berupaya mendapatkan dukungan sosial dari keluarga, masyarakat, dan layanan sosial untuk memfasilitasi perkembangan resiliensinya.…”

Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study

“…The relationship between PWB and generalized anxiety symptoms can be explained by the buffering hypothesis. PWB has been shown to enhance resilience in the context of the prevention of emotional disorders (Fava and Tomba 2009;Johnson et al 2011;Sagone and De Caroli 2014). Resilience refers to a set of attributes and resources that prevent illness following adverse circumstances in the general population and prevent relapse after symptomatic remission in a clinical population (Fava and Tomba 2009).…”