Resilience : stress and coping in the Asian context.

• Main Authors: Chang, Melissa, Xue Ling., Lee, Wei Lin., Lin, Ming Han.
• Other Authors: Joyce Pang Shu Min
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16699
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A sample of 60 college students was used to examine how positive and negative thinking variables affect resilience in the Asian context and to illustrate that effective coping and the promotion of resilience depends on a mixture of personal qualities. Results showed that while self-esteem and empath...