How resilient are resilience scales? The Big Five scales outperform resilience scales in predicting adjustment in adolescents

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-163

  Waaktaar, Trine ^a   Torgersen, Svenn ^b  

^a Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eastern and Southern Norway   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adolescents; Disturbance; FFM; Resilience; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951663907     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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