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Resilience, Coping, Personality Traits, Self-Esteem and Quality of Life in Mood Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

A. Feggi ,
C. Gramaglia ,
C. Guerriero ,
F. Bert ,
R. Siliquini  and
P. Zeppegno
A. Feggi*
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, department of translational medicine, Novara, Italy
C. Gramaglia
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, department of translational medicine, Novara, Italy
C. Guerriero
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, department of translational medicine, Novara, Italy
F. Bert
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Torino, dipartimento di scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Torino, Italy
R. Siliquini
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Torino, dipartimento di scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Torino, Italy
P. Zeppegno
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, department of translational medicine, Novara, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Resilience is a dynamic, context- and time-specific process that refers to positive adaptation or ability to maintain or regain mental health despite experiencing adversity. Pathways to resilience include biological, psychological, social and dispositional attributes. In mood disorders, resilience may influence frequency of relapse, severity of episodes and response to treatment.

Aims

To evaluate resilience as well as personality features, coping abilities, self-esteem and quality of life in a sample of mood disorder patients.

Methods

We recruited mood disorder patients at the Psychiatry institute AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara. Socio-demographic data were gathered and patients filled in the following self-administered scales: Resilience Scale for Adult (RSA), Brief Cope, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), Paykel list of stressful events, Temperamental and Character Inventory (TCI), Quality of life (SF-36).

Results

We collected data from 61 patients. Statistical analysis was performed by calculating the Pearson Correlation Coefficient between the RSA and the other tests. We observed a positive correlation between RSA and coping “Emotion” and coping “Problem”. A negative correlation was found between RSA and coping “Avoidance”. Resilience was also positively related to self-esteem and physical, mental and general health. As far as personality traits are concerned, resilience was positively correlated with Reward dependence, persistence, self transcendence, self directedness and cooperativeness.

Conclusions

Since higher resilience levels are related with better physical and mental health, constructive coping and self-esteem, strategies aimed at enhancing resilience could improve treatment and quality of life in patients with mood disorders.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EV930
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S518
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016
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