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Why are they not flourishing: late adolescence, emerging adulthood or excessive demands and uncertainty? Miles Bore, Peta Apostolatos, Emma Prowse, Suzanne Stevens, Colin James. School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Australia
Miles Bore, Peta Apostolatos, Emma Prowse, Suzanne Stevens, Colin James. School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Australia
Majority are18 to 25 year olds Educated Through the adolescence stage Greater freedom and choice (?) Peak of physical fitness (although
Relatively strong social support
Derogatis L. R. (1975, 2004)
How much has each problem bothered you in the
Pains in heart or chest Thoughts of ending your life Feeling lonely Difficulty making decisions
Responses summed and dived by 53 GSI score range 0 to 5
Obsessive-Compulsive Interpersonal Sensitivity Anxiety Depression Hostility Paranoid Ideation Psychoticism Somatization Phobic Anxiety
3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 GSI Frequency
Sample mean = .81 Diff to: Adult NP p < .000 Adol NP ns Adult PI p < .000 Adult PO p < .000
Law Psych Med 4 3 2 1 Discipline GSI Adult NP Adult IP Adol NP Adult OP
Proportion > than Adult IP norm: Med 19% Psyc 27% Law 22% Psyc higher than Med p < .05 Law ns Med
K10 r = .63 GHQ12 r = .61 SWB r = -.52 Sat W Life r = -.48 EQ r = -.38
Extracted two factors, Oblimin rotation: Depression factor and Anxiety factor, r = .68
Discipline F2Anxiety F1Depression Law Psych Med Law Psych Med 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0
Data
Factor mean scores by group with 95% CIs
P h
A n x S
a P s y c h
i c P a r a n
d H
t i l i t y D e p r e s s A n x i e t y I n t S e n O C D 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 Data
Students Adult norm Adoles norm Adult IP norm
PhobAnx Soma Psychotic Paranoid Hostility Depress Anxiety IntSen OCD 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 Data
Med Psych Law Discipline
Discipline Gender Law Psyc Med Female Male Female Male Female Male 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 Getting into frequent arguments
Main effect of Discipline significant: F = 10.3, p <.001 Law ‘getting into frequent arguments’ significantly more than Med or Psyc
General psychological distress
K10, GHQ, GSI
OC anxiety symptoms Personality disorder symptoms Eating disorder symptoms
With greater OC symptoms and lesser Hostility and
have a mental illness are experiencing developmental delay
Delay in moving from adolescent stage?
are typical of a new stage?
Emerging Adulthood stage (Arnett, 2000)
are experiencing significant stressors
Death of grandparents Change in family/social support Relationship issues Work and finance High need to achieve University stressors
are susceptible/have low ‘resilience’?
“the process involving an ability to withstand
Schetter and Dolbier, (2011)
Personality/dispositional
Neuroticism (all Big 5), hardiness, sense of coherence
Self and Ego
Mastery, control, agency, self confidence, autonomy, identity
Interpersonal/Social
Support, connectedness, relationships
Cultural Beliefs
Spirituality, values
Behavioural and Cognitive Skills
Mindfulness, coping, reframing, flexibility, communication,
emotional regulation etc
Other Resources
Physical fitness, diet, SEC, intelligence, healthy practices
Universities could include resilience as a
Working with University Counselling Service Design a resilience intervention Embedded and evaluate in 1st year course