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The Association of Momentary Mental Resilience with Positive and Negative Affect in the Subsequent Moment, Depending on the Level of Momentary Perceived Social Support
Pötter, K. (2023) The Association of Momentary Mental Resilience with Positive and Negative Affect in the Subsequent Moment, Depending on the Level of Momentary Perceived Social Support.
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| Abstract: | Background: Research on evaluating mental resilience in daily life is limited. However, some Experience Sampling Method (ESM) studies indicate positive effects on affect. Further research shows that perceived social support is believed to be a moderating variable, enhancing the influence of resilience. Objective: This study aimed to build on this research and investigate mental resilience on a moment-to-moment basis, evaluate how it is associated with negative affect (NA) and positive affect (PA), and how it interacts with momentary perceived social support (MPSS). A temporal effect was expected, namely, that momentary mental resilience (MMR) in one moment is 1a) negatively associated with NA in the subsequent moment and 1b) that the relationship is moderated by MPSS. Further, MMR was presumed to be 2a) positively associated with PA in the subsequent moment and 2b) that the association is stronger when MPSS is higher. Methods: This study utilised the ESM, providing a baseline questionnaire once and ten ESM questionnaires daily to participants over one week. The sample (n = 90) contained people from Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries, with participants' age ranging from 19 to 81. Results: Significant direct effects of MMR on NA and PA in the next moment were found with MPSS significantly moderating both relationships. Further analyses revealed that the effect of MMR was significant only if individuals had moderate levels of MPSS. Conclusion: The study's results are mainly in line with previous research, showing a negative association between MMR and NA and a positive one with PA. MMR also interacted with MPSS, strengthening the negative association with NA and positive with PA. Future research should apply probability sampling and examine why MMR is only significant if MPSS levels are at least moderate. Creating interventions aiming to improve MMR and MPSS could be valuable. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/95361 |
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