Maydaa, Rita2024-07-012024-07-012019Maydaa, R. (2019). Locus of Control, Optimism and Social Support as Predictors of Resilience in an Adult Lebanese Sample (SBS thesis, Haigazian University)https://doi.org/10.62811/th.0202https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/252This study investigated the impact of locus of control, optimism, social support and age on the psychological resilience of Lebanese adults living in Lebanon. A total of 292 Lebanese adults participated in this study by filling a demographic questionnaire, the Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale (Rotter IE), the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Correlation analyses, regression analyses and t-tests were used to examine the relationship between the different variables. The results showed that having an internal locus of control was significantly positively correlated with a higher level of resilience. A positive significant correlation was found between being optimistic and being resilient. The correlation between social support and resilience was positive and significant, especially between having a significant other’s support and being more resilient. The study’s results indicated that the older the person gets the more resilient he/she becomes. The regression analysis showed that optimism and social support were significant predictors of resilience with optimism being the strongest predictor. We concluded that in order to boost an individual’s psychological resilience it is necessary to focus on its predictors. Thus, we suggest providing clinical work that focuses on boosting the predictors of resilience (optimism and social support) in order to help the Lebanese adults become more flexible, more adaptive and less vulnerable to psychological disorders in a country where they have to face different kinds of challenges on a daily basis.