Coping Mechanisms that Predict Resilience among At-Risk Romanian Youth
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2015, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Resilience is defined as the ability to adapt positively in the context of significant adversity. Knowing which coping mechanisms have a major influence on the way at risk adolescents manage to develop psychological resilience is important in the counseling and therapeutic process. Objectives: The main aim of this study is to identify the coping mechanisms that predict psychological resilience among at risk adolescents. Subsequently, the factors associated with individual resilient resources are examined. Methods: The participants were 252 urban Romanian adolescents, from ninth through twelfth grade, (mean age = 16.2 years, 64.7% females and 35.3% males), recruited from five high schools in Bucharest. Data were collected on psychological resilience; its scales: individual, relationship and contextual resources; coping mechanisms and stressful events experienced within the last two years. Multiple linear regressions were conducted to predict the general psychological resilience, the individual, caregiver and contextual resilience resources. Results: The statistical analysis indicated that psychological resilience is predicted by six coping mechanisms: positive interpretation and growth; use of socio-emotional support; religious approach; active approach; and with a negative association – expressing the emotions and substance consumption. The individual resilience resources have similar predictors, except the behavioral deactivation, which is also negatively associated. Conclusions: These findings have implications for the practitioners interested in promoting and building resilience, providing an evidence-based resource for the intervention programs.
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Ramona E. Anghel
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