Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism.
The present study examined the influence of self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism on resilience. Data from sixty undergraduates from a college in an Asian school setting supported the hypothesis that self-esteem, optimism and empathy were associated with resilience. Contrary to expe...
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| author | Lee, Daphne Weilin. |
| author2 | Joyce Pang Shu Min |
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| description | The present study examined the influence of self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism on resilience. Data from sixty undergraduates from a college in an Asian school setting supported the hypothesis that self-esteem, optimism and empathy were associated with resilience. Contrary to expectations, both optimism and empathy were not able to predict resilience over and beyond the effects of self-esteem. The results also indicated that high defensive pessimism moderated the relationship between anxiety and resilience and acts as a protective factor against low resilience. Individuals with higher levels of defensive pessimism are protected against the debilitating effects of anxiety on resilience while individuals with lower levels of defensive pessimism suffered lower levels of resilience when anxiety levels are high. These findings contribute to the growing literature base on resilience and provide a guide for the focus of intervention efforts. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/166502019-12-10T11:58:03Z Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism. Lee, Daphne Weilin. Joyce Pang Shu Min School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Affection and emotion The present study examined the influence of self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism on resilience. Data from sixty undergraduates from a college in an Asian school setting supported the hypothesis that self-esteem, optimism and empathy were associated with resilience. Contrary to expectations, both optimism and empathy were not able to predict resilience over and beyond the effects of self-esteem. The results also indicated that high defensive pessimism moderated the relationship between anxiety and resilience and acts as a protective factor against low resilience. Individuals with higher levels of defensive pessimism are protected against the debilitating effects of anxiety on resilience while individuals with lower levels of defensive pessimism suffered lower levels of resilience when anxiety levels are high. These findings contribute to the growing literature base on resilience and provide a guide for the focus of intervention efforts. Bachelor of Arts 2009-05-27T08:46:29Z 2009-05-27T08:46:29Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16650 en Nanyang Technological University 63 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Affection and emotion Lee, Daphne Weilin. Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism. |
| title | Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism. |
| title_full | Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism. |
| title_fullStr | Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism. |
| title_short | Harnessing the positive and the negative : resilience and its relationship to self-esteem, optimism, empathy and defensive pessimism. |
| title_sort | harnessing the positive and the negative resilience and its relationship to self esteem optimism empathy and defensive pessimism |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Affection and emotion |
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