Ganguly, Rahul and Perera, Harsha N. (2018) Profiles of psychological resilience in college students with disabilities. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. ISSN 0734-2829
Abstract
The present article reports on research conducted to identify profiles of psychological resilience using factor mixture models. We also examine gender as a predictor of resilience profile membership and career optimism, academic satisfaction, and psychological well-being as outcomes of profile membership. Based on resilience data from university students with disabilities, factor mixture modeling revealed three distinct profiles of resilience (viz., 'vulnerable', 'spirituality dominant', and 'engaged-resilient). Results also revealed that females were almost 4 times as likely to be in the spirituality-dominant profile than the vulnerable profile. Finally, distal outcome analyses revealed that career optimism, academic satisfaction, and well-being were higher in the engaged-resilient profile than the other profiles. Notably, spirituality-dominant and vulnerable individuals possessed about the same levels of career optimism, satisfaction, and well-being. The findings have important implications for the theory and assessment of resilience, suggesting the tenability of a person-centered assessment of psychological resilience.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Published online: 11 July 2018. Permanent restricted access to ArticleFirst version, in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2019 00:05 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2019 04:36 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | psychological resilience, latent profiles, factor mixture models, resilience typology, distal outcomes |
| Fields of Research : | 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130312 Special Education and Disability |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9301 Learner and Learning > 930103 Learner Development |
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| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1177/0734282918783604 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/35783 |
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