Open AccessResilience in relation to personality and intelligence
Author(s) -
Friborg Oddgeir,
Barlaug Dag,
Martinussen Monica,
Rosenvinge Jan H.,
Hjemdal Odin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of methods in psychiatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1557-0657
pISSN - 1049-8931
DOI - 10.1002/mpr.15
Subject(s) - psychology , conscientiousness , personality , big five personality traits , agreeableness , extraversion and introversion , confirmatory factor analysis , social competence , convergent validity , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , social change , economics , economic growth , statistics , mathematics , internal consistency
Resilience is a construct of increasing interest, but validated scales measuring resilience factors among adults are scarce. Here, a scale named the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) was crossvalidated and compared with measures of personality (Big Five/5PFs), cognitive abilities (Raven's Advanced Matrices, Vocabulary, Number series), and social intelligence (TSIS). All measures were given to 482 applicants for the military college. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the fit of the five‐factor model, measuring ‘personal strength’, ‘social competence’, ‘structured style’, ‘family cohesion’ and ‘social resources’. Using Big Five to discriminate between well adjusted and more vulnerable personality profiles, all resilience factors were positively correlated with the well adjusted personality profile. RSA‐personal strength was most associated with 5PFs‐emotional stability, RSA‐social competence with 5PFs‐extroversion and 5PFs‐agreeableness, as well as TSIS‐social skills, RSA‐structured style with 5PFs‐conscientiousness. Unexpectedly but interestingly, measures of RSA‐family cohesion and RSA‐social resources were also related to personality. Furthermore, the RSA was unrelated to cognitive abilities. This study supported the convergent and discriminative validity of the scale, and thus the inference that individuals scoring high on this scale are psychologically healthier, better adjusted, and thus more resilient. Copyright © 2005 Whurr Publishers Ltd.