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Psychological adaptation after marital disruption: The effects of optimism and perceived control
Author(s) -
THUEN FRODE,
RISE JOSTEIN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2006.00499.x
Subject(s) - psychology , optimism , adaptation (eye) , perceived control , clinical psychology , social psychology , neuroscience
The present study explored the extent to which the two personality factors – perceived control and dispositional optimism – are related to psychological adaptation after marital disruption. A sample of 658 recently divorced individuals participated in the study by filling in an anonymous questionnaire. Bivariate findings revealed that perceived control and optimism were strongly related to psychological adaptation. However, when both predictors were included in a multiple regression analysis, optimism had a much larger effect than perceived control. The findings clearly indicate that personality factors account for a substantial proportion of the variance in adaptation to marital disruption.