TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-focused and other-focused resiliency
T2 - Plausible mechanisms linking early family adversity to health problems in college women
AU - Coleman, Sulamunn R.M.
AU - Zawadzki, Matthew J.
AU - Heron, Kristin E.
AU - Vartanian, Lenny R.
AU - Smyth, Joshua M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2016/2/17
Y1 - 2016/2/17
N2 - Objectives: This study examined whether self-focused and other-focused resiliency help explain how early family adversity relates to perceived stress, subjective health, and health behaviors in college women. Participants: Female students (N = 795) participated between October 2009 and May 2010. Methods: Participants completed self-report measures of early family adversity, self-focused (self-esteem, personal growth initiative) and other-focused (perceived social support, gratitude) resiliency, stress, subjective health, and health behaviors. Results: Using structural equation modeling, self-focused resiliency associated with less stress, better subjective health, more sleep, less smoking, and less weekend alcohol consumption. Other-focused resiliency associated with more exercise, greater stress, and more weekend alcohol consumption. Early family adversity was indirectly related to all health outcomes, except smoking, via self-focused and other-focused resiliency. Conclusions: Self-focused and other-focused resiliency represent plausible mechanisms through which early family adversity relates to stress and health in college women. This highlights areas for future research in disease prevention and management.
AB - Objectives: This study examined whether self-focused and other-focused resiliency help explain how early family adversity relates to perceived stress, subjective health, and health behaviors in college women. Participants: Female students (N = 795) participated between October 2009 and May 2010. Methods: Participants completed self-report measures of early family adversity, self-focused (self-esteem, personal growth initiative) and other-focused (perceived social support, gratitude) resiliency, stress, subjective health, and health behaviors. Results: Using structural equation modeling, self-focused resiliency associated with less stress, better subjective health, more sleep, less smoking, and less weekend alcohol consumption. Other-focused resiliency associated with more exercise, greater stress, and more weekend alcohol consumption. Early family adversity was indirectly related to all health outcomes, except smoking, via self-focused and other-focused resiliency. Conclusions: Self-focused and other-focused resiliency represent plausible mechanisms through which early family adversity relates to stress and health in college women. This highlights areas for future research in disease prevention and management.
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2015.1075994
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2015.1075994
M3 - Article
C2 - 26502997
AN - SCOPUS:84958167782
VL - 64
SP - 85
EP - 95
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
SN - 0744-8481
IS - 2
ER -