Number of Stressors, Self-construal, Personality Dimensions, and Education Level as Predictors of Resilience among the Lebanese Adults
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2022
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of education level, self-construal, and personality dimensions, namely, the relational SC and neuroticism, as predictors of resilience among the Lebanese. It also addressed the role of the number of stressors that the Lebanese have experienced between 2019 and 2021, including the economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Beirut blast, in suppressing the relationship between resilience and the three predictors. A convenience and purposeful sampling was done, and 126 Lebanese adults, aged 18 years and above, who have been residing in Lebanon for the past two years, participated in the study. The cross-sectional survey consisted of the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP-50), the Sixfold Self-Construal Scale (SSCS), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25), and a socio-demographic sheet that included questions about the education level and the different stressors. The results showed that our hypothesis was only partially met, as emotional stability, the inverse of neuroticism, was a positive predictor of resilience, whereas education and relational SC were not. Also, in contrary to the hypothesis, the number of stressors did not act as a suppressor, but strengthened the predictive relationship between education level and resilience. We concluded that having a personality characterized by emotional stability helped the Lebanese cope better with adversities, and when exposed to a high number of stressors, a higher education level contributed positively to resilience. The findings have implications on a clinical, individual, and governmental levels. Future studies are needed to further explore the Lebanese’s cultural orientation and self-construal, in order to understand its connection with resilience.
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Khoury, N. (2022). Number of Stressors, Self-construal, Personality Dimensions, and Education Level as Predictors of Resilience among the Lebanese Adults (SBS thesis, Haigazian University)