Wisdom Gained? Assessing Relationships Between Adversity, Personality and Well-Being Among a Late Adolescent Sample

Jayawickreme, Eranda; Brocato, Nicole; Blackie, Laura E. R.

doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0648-x

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“…Consequently, it is possible that broadening and SWB show bidirectional relationships in a given moment or over shorter time span (Fredrickson, 2013;Weststrate & Glu ¨ck, 2016), even though only broadening impacts growth in SWB over longer time periods. 3 The present research dovetail with an emerging body of research on wisdom-related processes, supporting some of the previous observations of a positive relationship between wisdom-related characteristics and well-being (e.g., Ardelt, 2016;Bergsma & Ardelt, 2012;Jayawickreme et al, 2017). The present work extends this scholarship, for the first time providing longitudinal evidence from a representative sample of Americans studied over time.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Empirical tests of the relationship between cognitive broadening and SWB have chiefly focused on cross-sectional or experimental studies. Some of these cross-sectional studies suggest a positive relationship (e.g., Ardelt, 2016; Bergsma & Ardelt, 2012; Jayawickreme et al, 2017). For example, participants reporting more cognitive broadening in reflections on specific scenarios as assessed by trained observers also reported greater life satisfaction and less depressive rumination (Grossmann et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cross-Temporal Exploration of the Relationship Between Wisdom-Related Cognitive Broadening and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From a Cross-Validated National Longitudinal Study

Santos

Grossmann

2020

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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How do intraindividual changes in wisdom-related characteristics of cognitive broadening—open-minded reflection on challenging situations, consideration of change, and epistemic humility—relate to subjective well-being over time? To test this relationship, we performed cross-lagged panel analyses from three waves of the national U.S. sample taken across 20 years, utilizing a cross-validation approach: (i) conduct exploratory analyses on a random subset of data, (ii) preregister hypotheses and methods, and (iii) cross-validate preregistered hypotheses on the other random subset of the data. We found that broadening attitudes predicted greater affect balance and life satisfaction in later years, but not vice-versa. The effect was robust when controlling for trait-level broadening well-being associations, as well as sociodemographic characteristics, openness, and general cognitive abilities. The direction of the positive longitudinal relationship between broadening attitudes and subjective well-being has implications for major existing theories of adult development and subjective well-being.

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Section: Limitations Of Prior Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-Temporal Exploration of the Relationship Between Wisdom-Related Cognitive Broadening and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From a Cross-Validated National Longitudinal Study

Santos

Grossmann

2020

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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“…Accordingly, sense of purpose is associated with traits that indicate a positive and energetic outlook on the future, such as hopefulness, optimism, and extraversion (Anglim & Grant, 2015; Burrow, O'Dell, & Hill, 2010). Adversity research suggests that people who exhibit openness and extraversion are more likely to view stressful events as turning points that can lead to personal growth (Jayawickreme, Brocato, & Blackie, 2017), and the traits of hope and optimism may be associated with post‐traumatic growth (Ho et al, 2011). Together, this research indicates that our results might be explained by underlying traits associated with a positive outlook and a proactive response to life's challenges.…”

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confidence: 99%

Purpose and coping with adversity: A repeated measures, mixed‐methods study with young adolescents

Malin

Morton

Nadal

et al. 2019

Journal of Adolescence

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Introduction Purpose in life is associated with positive outcomes following adversity, but the mechanisms of this relationship are unclear. In this repeated measures, mixed‐methods study, we examined the relationship of purpose to coping with adversity among young adolescents. Methods A sample of 1357 adolescents completed a survey about purpose, negative life events, and positive reframing coping four times at six month intervals. A sub‐sample of 91 survey respondents participated in an interview. Surveys were analyzed using fixed‐effects and mixed‐effects modeling to test the relationship between purpose and coping over time. Interviews were analyzed for purpose, adversity, and coping to understand this relationship as perceived by the participant. Results Survey results indicate that purpose and positive reframing coping are related and change together over time. Interview results suggest that purpose can be a response to negative experiences. Conclusions There are likely underlying factors or processes driving the relationship between purpose and positive reframing coping. Some of the potential underlying factors and processes are discussed.

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“…Participants completed a slightly modified version of the Life Events Checklist (LEC; Gray et al, 2004), a self-report measure assessing exposure to adverse and/or potentially traumatic events. This checklist, which originally lists 16 adverse events, was modified to include 3 additional potentially life-altering stressors of a non-traumatic nature including sudden loss of long-term employment, divorce, and bereavement (see also Jayawickreme et al, 2017). For each of the 19 items on the scale, respondents indicated whether the event had ever happened to them in their entire life.…”

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Openness to experience is stable following adversity: A case-control longitudinal investigation

Forgeard

Roepke²,

Atlas

et al. 2022

Eur J Pers

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Although many people retrospectively report feeling more open-minded after experiencing highly stressful events, relevant longitudinal studies are scarce and have yielded contradictory findings. The present study used a 12-month longitudinal case-control design to test whether growth in openness (assessed every 4 months using multiple methods) occurs following major stressors, and whether changes relate to clinical symptoms of depression and/or posttraumatic stress. To do so, we compared participants (a) with a recent major stressor and with low symptoms ( n = 66), (b) without a recent major stressor and with low symptoms ( n = 76), and (c) with a recent major stressor and with significant symptoms ( n = 76). Overall, growth curve models showed that group membership was not associated with changes in openness over 12 months for most outcomes. Other variables (e.g., education) predicted changes in openness. This study provides robust evidence that openness to experience is mostly stable following major stressors.

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Wisdom Gained? Assessing Relationships Between Adversity, Personality and Well-Being Among a Late Adolescent Sample

Cited by 15 publications

References 80 publications

Cross-Temporal Exploration of the Relationship Between Wisdom-Related Cognitive Broadening and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From a Cross-Validated National Longitudinal Study

Cross-Temporal Exploration of the Relationship Between Wisdom-Related Cognitive Broadening and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence From a Cross-Validated National Longitudinal Study

Purpose and coping with adversity: A repeated measures, mixed‐methods study with young adolescents

Openness to experience is stable following adversity: A case-control longitudinal investigation

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