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Önder Baltacı1, Ömer Faruk Akbulut2
1Department of Psychological Counseling, Faculty of Education, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir, Türkiye.
Objectives:
Psychological resilience plays a critical role in overcoming age-related challenges and maintaining emotional well-being in older adults. This study aimed to test a model examining how perceived social support, positivity, and loneliness are associated with psychological resilience in older adults.
Method:
The sample consisted of 264 community-dwelling older adults residing in Türkiye (139 females, 52.7%) aged between 60 and 83 (Mage = 66.80, SD = 5.24). Participants completed the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, Positivity Scale, Loneliness Scale for Elderly, and Brief Resilience Scale.
Results:
The findings revealed that positivity was significantly associated with psychological resilience, while greater family support, higher positivity, and lower loneliness were associated with higher levels of resilience. Additionally, serial mediation analysis showed that positivity and loneliness sequentially mediated the relationship between perceived social support and psychological resilience. Specifically, greater perceived social support enhanced positivity, which reduced loneliness and, in turn, strengthened psychological resilience.
Conclusion:
Overall, the findings highlight the role of positivity and social support in psychological resilience among older adults and underscore loneliness as a key mechanism in resilience processes in later life.
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