TY - JOUR
T1 - Ego-resiliency development from late adolescence to emerging adulthood
T2 - A ten-year longitudinal study
AU - Alessandri, Guido
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Vecchione, Michele
AU - Caprara, Gian Vittorio
AU - Milioni, Michela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - This study examined the development of ego-resiliency from late adolescence to emerging adulthood, using a 10-year cohort-sequential design. Participants were 335 Italian adolescents (173 females and 162 males), living, at the time of the study, in Genzano, a small city near to Rome. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that the developmental trajectory of ego-resiliency from 15 to 25 years is adequately described by a piecewise model that included separate growth profiles corresponding to different developmental stages. Essentially, ego-resiliency remained remarkably stable until the end of high school, and then encountered a phase of relative increase. Moreover, the trajectory of ego-resiliency from ages 15 to 19 was predicted by self-efficacy beliefs in managing negative emotions, and the trajectory from age 19 to 25 was predicted by experienced familial support and self-efficacy beliefs in expressing positive emotions at age 15. Experienced stressful life events also accounted for individuals' deviation from the typical ego-resiliency trajectory.
AB - This study examined the development of ego-resiliency from late adolescence to emerging adulthood, using a 10-year cohort-sequential design. Participants were 335 Italian adolescents (173 females and 162 males), living, at the time of the study, in Genzano, a small city near to Rome. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that the developmental trajectory of ego-resiliency from 15 to 25 years is adequately described by a piecewise model that included separate growth profiles corresponding to different developmental stages. Essentially, ego-resiliency remained remarkably stable until the end of high school, and then encountered a phase of relative increase. Moreover, the trajectory of ego-resiliency from ages 15 to 19 was predicted by self-efficacy beliefs in managing negative emotions, and the trajectory from age 19 to 25 was predicted by experienced familial support and self-efficacy beliefs in expressing positive emotions at age 15. Experienced stressful life events also accounted for individuals' deviation from the typical ego-resiliency trajectory.
KW - Ego-resiliency
KW - Family support
KW - Personality development
KW - Self-efficacy beliefs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 27236209
AN - SCOPUS:84969871842
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 50
SP - 91
EP - 102
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
ER -