Presenter Status
Graduate, Psychology, Behavioral Sciences Department
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Location
Buller Hall, Room 208
Presentation Abstract
This exploratory study examined age as a predictor of overall resilience based on the Psychological Body Armor (Everly, 2000) theoretical framework which defines overall resilience as a combination of proactive (resistance/immunity) and reactive (ability to bounce back) resilience pathways. Data was collected from 202 participants through Amazon’s MTurk who completed a demographic questionnaire, 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Campbell-Sills & Stein, 2007); for Proactive Resilience the 9-item Self-Acceptance subscale and 9-item Purpose in life subscale from the Scale of Psychological Well-Being (PSW; Ryff, 1989), 4-item Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999), and a 1-item Spirituality scale; and for Reactive Resilience the 9-item Relationships with Others subscale from the PSW, 2-item Perceived Stress Scale (Buchanan & McConnell, 2017), 18-item Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 2000), a 1-item Sleep scale, a 1-item Fitness scale, and a 3-item Nutrition scale. The Mage of participants was 37.7 years (SD = 11.6), ranging between 22 and 76 years. After controlling for age, hierarchical regressions revealed that, while variables measuring innate well-being traits contributed significantly to predicting resilience for both pathways (R2 = .39-.45 across models), age (maturation) did not (R2 = 0.016 for the full model).
Biographical Sketch
Rachelle Pichot recently earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Andrews University.
The Effects of Age on Reactive and Proactive Resilience
Buller Hall, Room 208
This exploratory study examined age as a predictor of overall resilience based on the Psychological Body Armor (Everly, 2000) theoretical framework which defines overall resilience as a combination of proactive (resistance/immunity) and reactive (ability to bounce back) resilience pathways. Data was collected from 202 participants through Amazon’s MTurk who completed a demographic questionnaire, 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Campbell-Sills & Stein, 2007); for Proactive Resilience the 9-item Self-Acceptance subscale and 9-item Purpose in life subscale from the Scale of Psychological Well-Being (PSW; Ryff, 1989), 4-item Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999), and a 1-item Spirituality scale; and for Reactive Resilience the 9-item Relationships with Others subscale from the PSW, 2-item Perceived Stress Scale (Buchanan & McConnell, 2017), 18-item Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 2000), a 1-item Sleep scale, a 1-item Fitness scale, and a 3-item Nutrition scale. The Mage of participants was 37.7 years (SD = 11.6), ranging between 22 and 76 years. After controlling for age, hierarchical regressions revealed that, while variables measuring innate well-being traits contributed significantly to predicting resilience for both pathways (R2 = .39-.45 across models), age (maturation) did not (R2 = 0.016 for the full model).
Acknowledgements
The research was conducted by Rachelle E. Pichot, Harvey Burnett Jr., and Karl G. Bailey.