Resilience is a good predictor of hopelessness even after accounting for stressful life events, mood and personality (NEO-PI-R)

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-180

  Hjemdal, Odin ^a   Friborg, Oddgeir ^b   Stiles, Tore C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hopelessness; NEO PI R; Prediction; Resilience; Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA); Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858706409     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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