Enduring education and employment

Examining motivation and mechanisms of psychological resilience

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21391911
AutoresLaura Seidel (0000-0003-2308-3120, University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada, autor correspondente), Elizabeth Irene Cawley (Dalhousie University Halifax NS Canada), Céline Blanchard (University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada)
Ano2024
Volume65
Fascículo4
Páginas617-627
Data de publicação2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.13007
PMID38361344
OpenAlexW4391881218
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas94

Resilience, the ability to bounce back from difficult events, is critical for an individual to negotiate stressors and adversity. Despite being widely studied, little is known about the processes involved in the development of resilience. The goal of the studies are to investigate the relationship between motivation orientation, emotional intelligence, cognitive appraisals, and psychological resilience. Two studies, using self‐report questionnaires were conducted with employed young adults also enrolled in post‐secondary studies (pre‐ and during the pandemic) to test the tenability of our proposed models. Study 1 and Study 2 showed that emotional intelligence and challenge appraisals were mediators of autonomous motivation and resilience. Study 2 revealed statistically significant differences in mean scores of autonomous motivation and emotional intelligence between non‐pandemic students and pandemic students. Based on the findings, it is suggested that autonomous motivation, emotional intelligence, and challenge appraisals are important aptitudes for the development of resilience. Furthermore, findings suggest that social isolation caused by the pandemic may have affected levels of emotional intelligence. Ultimately, the research expands the literature on both self‐determination theory and resilience by offering a unique multiple mediation model for predicting the development of resilience within the employed undergraduate population

Cognition · Developmental psychology · Emotional intelligence · Isolation (microbiology) · Mediation · Population · Psychological resilience · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology