Predicting married individuals' psychological resilience levels

This study was conducted to examine the predictive power of self-efficacy, perceived social support (PSS), life satisfacton (LS), optimism and marital satisfaction (MS) on the resilience of married individuals, females and males and individuals with traumatic experiences. Also, it is aimed to examine if there were significant differences between gender, age, education level, the spouse's education level, employment status, spouse's employment status, perceived economic situation and traumatic experiences with married individual's psychological resilience levels. "Resilience Scale for Adults", "General Self-Efficacy Scale", "Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale", "Life Satisfaction Scale", "Life Orientation Test-Optimism Scale", "Marital Life Scale" and "Personal Information Form" which was designed by the researcher were used in this study. 835 married individuals (485 female, 350 male) from İzmir, constituted the target sample. t-test, ANOVA and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used for data analysis process. The results of this study showed that; 1. Self-efficacy, PSS, LS, optimism and MS variables were predict married individuals resilience levels. 2. Self-efficacy, PSS, LS and optimism variables were predict married females resilience levels. But MS did not. 3. Self-efficacy, PSS, LS and MS variables were predict married males resilience levels. But optimism did not. 4. Self-efficacy, PSS, LS and optimism variables were found to be important predictors of the resilience levels of the individuals who have traumatic experiences. But, MS did not. 5. Optimism, PSS, self-efficacy and LS variables were found to be important predictors of the resilience levels of the females who have traumatic experiences. But, MS did not. 6. Self-efficacy, PSS and MS variables were found to be important predictors of the resilience levels of the males who have traumatic experiences. But, LS and optimism did not. 7. It has been determined that there is a significant difference between resilience levels of married individuals in terms of educational status, spouse's educational status and perceived economic situation. Thus, as participants and their spouses educational levels and the perceptions of economic situation increased, resilience levels also increased. 8. It was seen that the resilience levels of married individuals did not differ significantly according to gender, age, employment status, spouse employment status and trauma experience. The findings were discussed within the literature and some suggestions were made for practitioners and researchers. Key Words: Resilience, Self-Efficacy, Perceived Social Support, Life Satisfaction, Optimism, Marital Satisfaction, Traumatic Experience, Protective Factor, Risk Factors.