Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore

Resilience research has typically focused on examining coping and adaptation processes that help individuals buffer against stress and psychopathology. Nevertheless, little is known about what causes individuals to judge a situation as stressful or manageable to begin with. Some research has begun i...

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Main Author: Tan, Faith Jie Xin
Other Authors: Wan Ching
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1776912024-06-02T15:32:26Z Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore Tan, Faith Jie Xin Wan Ching School of Social Sciences WanChing@ntu.edu.sg Social Sciences Appraisal Resilience Resilience resources Depression Resilience research has typically focused on examining coping and adaptation processes that help individuals buffer against stress and psychopathology. Nevertheless, little is known about what causes individuals to judge a situation as stressful or manageable to begin with. Some research has begun identifying resilience resources that shape our appraisals. However, few have directly compared the effectiveness of these resources in helping individuals appraise potentially challenging situations in a manageable way to prevent the onset of subsequent psychopathology. To investigate the potential differences between resilience resources, 235 undergraduates in Singapore were primed to think about either dispositional (intrapersonal) or social (interpersonal) resilience resources and subsequently asked to report their perceived severity of daily hassles and severity of depressive symptoms in an online survey. One-way ANOVA and mediation analyses indicated that neither intra- nor interpersonal resilience resources had an effect on the perceived severity of daily hassles and subsequent depressive symptoms. Implications for the direction of future resilience research are discussed. Bachelor's degree 2024-05-31T00:40:57Z 2024-05-31T00:40:57Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Tan, F. J. X. (2024). Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177691 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177691 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
institution Nanyang Technological University
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continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Social Sciences
Appraisal
Resilience
Resilience resources
Depression
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Appraisal
Resilience
Resilience resources
Depression
Tan, Faith Jie Xin
Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore
description Resilience research has typically focused on examining coping and adaptation processes that help individuals buffer against stress and psychopathology. Nevertheless, little is known about what causes individuals to judge a situation as stressful or manageable to begin with. Some research has begun identifying resilience resources that shape our appraisals. However, few have directly compared the effectiveness of these resources in helping individuals appraise potentially challenging situations in a manageable way to prevent the onset of subsequent psychopathology. To investigate the potential differences between resilience resources, 235 undergraduates in Singapore were primed to think about either dispositional (intrapersonal) or social (interpersonal) resilience resources and subsequently asked to report their perceived severity of daily hassles and severity of depressive symptoms in an online survey. One-way ANOVA and mediation analyses indicated that neither intra- nor interpersonal resilience resources had an effect on the perceived severity of daily hassles and subsequent depressive symptoms. Implications for the direction of future resilience research are discussed.
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Tan, Faith Jie Xin
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author Tan, Faith Jie Xin
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title Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore
title_short Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore
title_full Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore
title_fullStr Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in Singapore
title_sort resilience resources, daily hassles and depression amongst individuals in singapore
publisher Nanyang Technological University
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url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177691
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