The Proactive-Reactive Resilience as a Mediational Variable Between the Character Strength and the Flourishing in Undergraduate Students

Abstract

The aim of this research was to delimit the predictive and mediational model of resilience between character strengths to predict flourishing, in a sample of undergraduate students. After signing their informed consent, 642 university students completed three validated scales (i.e., character strengths, resilience, and flourishing). Using an ex post facto design, regression, structural modeling, and mediation analyses were carried out, in order to construct a multi-causal predictive model. Results indicated a consistent predictive direct effect of character strengths on resilience and flourishing and of resilience on flourishing. As hypothesized, resilience also showed a mediating effect on the relationship between character strengths and flourishing. Additionally, results also revealed that the reactive and proactive factors of resilience were explained by different character strengths (e.g., emotional strength/cognitive, interpersonal strengths), reinforcing the idea that the two directions are complementary and necessary. Finally, several implications were established for the practice of positive psychology.

Chinese Virtues and Resilience among Students in Hong Kong

“…In the SEM model, the results established the relationship between Chinese virtues and student resilience and indicated that Chinese virtues positively affected students’ positive resilience, which is consistent with previous studies [ 37 , 38 ]. Surprisingly, this study identified a direct positive effect of Chinese virtues on students’ succumbing; this may not be consistent with previous studies [ 55 ] that found that character strengths (i.e., the different aspects of virtues), as a multidimensional construct, significantly and jointly predicted resilience. The opposite results in this study might be partly due to Chinese Confucian culture.…”

Conceptual Utility Model for the Management of Stress and Psychological Wellbeing, CMMSPW™ in a university environment: theoretical basis, structure and functionality

“…The proposed Conceptual Utility Model ( de la Fuente et al, 2022a , b , c ; de la Fuente and Martínez-Vicente, 2023a , b , c ) aims to address and overcome the above limitations in an integrative heuristic based on prior evidence ( de la Fuente, 2021 ). It seeks to provide a general model applicable in different psychological fields, and to be both protective and predictive of stress and psychological wellbeing:…”

Pengaruh Character Strength, Resilience Terhadap Flourishing pada Guru Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Lubuk Begalung Padang

“…Resiliensi merupakan faktor yang berkontribusi terhadap flourishing [20]. Hal tersebut dipertegas oleh pendapat ahli sebelumnya bahwa perkembangan flourishing terjadi karena individu memiliki kemampuan resiliensi dalam beradaptasi dengan kondisi di lingkungan [21].…”

“…Resiliensi mencakup dimensi kegigihan, kontrol, perubahan, stres dan spritual menunjukkan pengaruh positif signifikan terhadap flourishing. Dimensi kegigihan dan perubahan memiliki pengaruh paling kuat dalam mempengaruhi flourishing dibanding kontrol, stres dan spritual [20].…”

“…Temuan tersebut sejalan dengan penelitian sebelumnya yang membuktikan bahwa terdapat hubungan posiitif dan signifikan antara resiliensi dengan flourishing [24]. Hal tersebut juga ditemukan dalam hasil penelitian lain yang menemukan bahwa resiliensi memiliki hubungan positif yang signifikan dengan flourishing [20].…”