Affect and self-esteem as mediators between trait resilience and psychological adjustment

Ya, Liu; Wang, Zhenhong; Chang-jiang, Zhou; Li, Tong

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.023

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“…The finding can be explained in the sense that students with high self-efficacy remain to be confident to deal with psychological adjustment difficulties effectively and this helps them to uphold positive self-evaluation and proud of their triumphs which consequently proliferate their general satisfaction with life. Although studies on this issue are insufficient, some studies, parallel to our finding, reported that self-esteem played an intermediating role on self-efficacy and life satisfaction [56].…”

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“…Liu, Wang [56], in their survey study among 412 undergraduate students, have also found that self-esteem mediated the relationship of resilience with both satisfaction and psychological distress, which suggests that resilient students have high self-esteem and, in turn, are satisfied with their lives and experience a low level of psychological distress. Similarly, Capri, Ozkendir [57] explored a correlational relationship between self-efficacy, life satisfaction, and burnout.…”

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Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

Gebregergis¹,

Tekie²,

Yikealo³

et al. 2019

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Among many factors, individual difference variables are believed to be critical aspects of students' psychological adjustment. The present study was, therefore, conducted in this context to determine the relationships between self-efficacy, self-esteem and psychological adjustment variables of depression and life satisfaction. The participants of the study were international university students (N = 328) studying in three Chinese universities in Hubei Province, Wuhan. To obtain the data, self-report questionnaires were distributed among the participants measuring their levels of self-efficacy, self-esteem, life satisfaction and depression. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to explore the relationship between the study variables while controlling the demographics. The regression output showed that both self-efficacy and self-esteem were positively related to life satisfaction and negatively related to depression. The study further conducted mediation analyses with the help of regression PROCESS macro. The mediation results indicated that self-esteem and life satisfaction showed full parallel mediating effects on the relationship between self-efficacy and depression. Self-esteem also mediated the self-efficacy-depression relationship. Exploring the relationships between the study variables may enrich the scientific understanding of acculturative psychological outcomes in the context of individual difference variables. Findings may also provide direction for host university communities in nurturing the self-esteem and self-efficacy of their fellow international students to better deal with their psychological adjustment difficulties. 235Open Journal of Social Sciences tempted to figure out factors that facilitate positive acculturative outcome of the students. Among the factors, cultural and emotional intelligence, coping strategies, personality, spiritual and social support, self-efficacy and self-esteem were found to contribute positively to the psychological adjustment of the students [13] [18].1.1. Literature Review 1.1.1. Psychological Adjustment According to Searle and Ward [19], cross-cultural adjustment can be meaningfully conceptualized in two distinct yet intertwined domains: psychological (emotional/affective) and sociocultural (behavioral). Psychological adjustment refers to the overall psychological, emotional and affective state of wellbeing and life satisfaction. Psychological adjustment includes a range of changes related to: beliefs, perceptions, values, ideologies, and attitudes while behavioral adjustment includes: dressing, eating, talking, social interaction patterns, and language skills that the acculturative person depicts during the process of acculturation [20].On the other hand, sociocultural adjustment was conceptualized as how an acculturating individual learns and develops multicultural competencies necessary for effective functioning and living in the host environment [20]. The two forms of adaption do not, however, function independently. Instead, they are closel...

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Section: Self-efficacy Self-esteem and Psychological Adjustmentmentioning

confidence: 94%

Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

Gebregergis¹,

Tekie²,

Yikealo³

et al. 2019

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“…Previous studies have identified moderate to severe levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms among one-third of representative samples of Chinese college students in their homeland (N = 5245 and 7915) (Chen et al, 2013;Wong, Cheung, Chan, Ma, & Tang, 2006). Depressive symptoms have been associated with higher neuroticism, drug use, and some psychosocial resources, but more understanding is needed of psychological resilience among this population (Jin et al, 2009;Liu et al, 2014;Mak et al, 2011). In our hypothesized model, intrapersonal and interpersonal processes modulate the inverse association between trait resilience and psychiatric symptoms ( Fig.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Studies have found that state positive and negative affect mediated the associations between attributes of resilience (Connor & Davidson, 2003) psychiatric symptoms among college young adults (Burns, Anstey, & Windsor, 2011;Liu, Wang, Zhou, & Li, 2014). Personality traits including self-esteem and optimism, and positive views on the future, social support, and the world also mediated the associations between ego-resiliency (Block & Kremen, 1996) and distress and well-being among these people (Fredrickson, Tugade, Waugh, & Larkin, 2003;Mak, Ng, & Wong, 2011).…”

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Emotion-focused positive rumination and relationship satisfaction as the underlying mechanisms between resilience and psychiatric symptoms

Hou

2014

Personality and Individual Differences

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“…A mediator can be considered as a variable that explains the relationship between a predictor and a criterion variable (Baron & Kenny, 1986). As an example, affect and self-esteem have been found to be mediators between resilience and psychological adjustment (Liu, Wang, Zhou, & Li, 2014). Resilience indirectly influences psychological adjustment through affect and self-esteem.…”

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Between Avoidance and Problem Solving: Resilience, Self‐Efficacy, and Social Support Seeking

Li¹,

Eschenauer²,

Persaud³

2018

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The authors explored resilience, self‐efficacy, and social support seeking as (a) mediators between stress and problem solving and (b) moderators buffering the effect of stress on avoidance. Participants were 220 college students. Structural equation modeling showed that resilience and self‐efficacy positively influenced problem solving but could not buffer stress's effect on avoidance. Social support seeking played a more important role than resilience and self‐efficacy in reducing avoidance when individuals intentionally used social support seeking as a source for problem solving instead of avoidance.

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Affect and self-esteem as mediators between trait resilience and psychological adjustment

Cited by 142 publications

References 29 publications

Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

Antecedents of Psychological Adjustment of International Students Studying in China: The Roles of Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem

Emotion-focused positive rumination and relationship satisfaction as the underlying mechanisms between resilience and psychiatric symptoms

Between Avoidance and Problem Solving: Resilience, Self‐Efficacy, and Social Support Seeking

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