Keywords

Resilience, Psychological Resources, Coping, Conservation of Resources, Stress

Abstract

The resilience process model highlights an approach to how people mobilize their resources to cope and positively adapt in the face of adversity. Leveraging Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and the Work Home Resources Model (WHRM), I aim to uncover the extent to which resilience capacity (resources) and resilience enactment (coping) influence outcomes of resilience, offering one of the first empirical tests of the resilience process model. Specifically, COR theory posits that the more psychological resources someone has, the more successful they are in coping. I challenge this notion by examining whether specific profiles of the combination of resources available and coping strategies influence important outcomes of resilience.

Through Latent profile analysis, I find evidence for emergent profiles composing of both psychological resources and coping strategies with profiles exhibiting a wider array of resources and increased coping to lead to higher outcomes of resilience. Additionally, perceived levels of novelty were found to be predictive of profile membership. Thematic Analysis suggested that levels of disruption are also predictive of profile membership. This research suggests that outcomes of resilience are contingent on a wide array of resources and coping methods as novel events produce uncertainty leading to people and employees with greater arrays of resources to be better equipped to face adversity in their work.

Completion Date

2026

Semester

Spring

Committee Chair

Chelsea LeNoble, Ph.D.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Sciences

Department

Psychology

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Identifier

DP0053103

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