TY - JOUR
T1 - Parents’ adjustment following the death of their child
T2 - Resilience is multidimensional and differs across outcomes examined
AU - Infurna, Frank
AU - Luthar, Suniya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - We examine whether the previously reported commonness of resilience to significant adversity extends to parents’ death of a child. To examine our research questions, we apply growth mixture models to longitudinal data from 461 parents in the HILDA study who had experienced child loss. The proportion of parents manifesting resilience were 44%, 56%, 21%, 32%, and 16% for life satisfaction, negative affect, positive affect, general health, and physical functioning, respectively. Only 5% were resilient across all five indices, whereas 28% did not show a resilient trajectory across all outcomes. Social connectedness, anticipating comfort when distressed, and everyday role functioning were the strongest predictors of resilient adaptation. Findings underscore that resilience is not a unidimensional construct. Words: 115.
AB - We examine whether the previously reported commonness of resilience to significant adversity extends to parents’ death of a child. To examine our research questions, we apply growth mixture models to longitudinal data from 461 parents in the HILDA study who had experienced child loss. The proportion of parents manifesting resilience were 44%, 56%, 21%, 32%, and 16% for life satisfaction, negative affect, positive affect, general health, and physical functioning, respectively. Only 5% were resilient across all five indices, whereas 28% did not show a resilient trajectory across all outcomes. Social connectedness, anticipating comfort when distressed, and everyday role functioning were the strongest predictors of resilient adaptation. Findings underscore that resilience is not a unidimensional construct. Words: 115.
KW - Bereavement
KW - Child loss
KW - HILDA: subjective well-being
KW - Major life stressors
KW - Resilience
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2017.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2017.04.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018968290
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 68
SP - 38
EP - 53
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
ER -