Profiles of adversity and resilience resources: A latent class analysis of two samples.

Adversities refer to events that are characterized by perceived or actual threat to human functioning. Often considered deleterious for health and well‐being, recent work supports an alternative picture of the effects of adversity on human functioning, such that a moderate amount of adversity – when...

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Published in:British Journal of Psychology Vol. 111; no. 2; pp. 174 - 200
Main Authors: Lines, Robin L. J., Crane, Monique, Ducker, Kagan J., Ntoumanis, Nikos, Thøgersen‐Ntoumani, Cecilie, Fletcher, David, Gucciardi, Daniel F.
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2020
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          Lines, Robin L. J.
          Crane, Monique
          Ducker, Kagan J.
          Ntoumanis, Nikos
          Thøgersen‐Ntoumani, Cecilie
          Fletcher, David
          Gucciardi, Daniel F.
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          School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth Western Australia,, Australia
          Physical Activity and Well‐Being Lab, Curtin University, Perth Western Australia,, Australia
          School of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney New South Wales,, Australia
          School of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth Western Australia,, Australia
          School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
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        College students
        Experience
        Hope
        Optimism
        Self-efficacy
        Psychological stress
        Social support
        Well-being
        Psychological resilience
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        adversity
        latent class analysis
        psychological capital
        resilience
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        latent class analysis
        psychological capital
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      ab: Adversities refer to events that are characterized by perceived or actual threat to human functioning. Often considered deleterious for health and well‐being, recent work supports an alternative picture of the effects of adversity on human functioning, such that a moderate amount of adversity – when compared with none or high levels – can be beneficial. We extend this body of work in the current study by considering the breadth or type of adversities experienced simultaneously (referred to as polyadversity), with a focus on individual profiles of lifetime adversities. Latent class analysis was employed to explore different configurations of lifetime adversity experiences in two independent samples and examine how these latent classes differed with regard to resilience resources (i.e., optimism, hope, self‐efficacy, and bounce‐back ability). University students (N = 348) and members from the broader community (N = 1,506) completed measures of lifetime adversity exposure and resilience resources. Three polyadversity classes were revealed in each sample, with both producing a high and a low polyadversity class. The third class differed between samples; in the student sample, this class represented experiences of vicarious adversity, whereas in the community sample, it represented moderate levels of exposure to adversity. Support for the adaptive nature of a moderate amount of adversity exposure was found in the community sample but not in the student sample. This study produces initial evidence of how lifetime adversity experiences group together and how class membership is related to resilience resources.
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