TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Examining factors that contribute to the process of resilience following spinal cord injury
JO  - Spinal Cord
A1  - Kilic, S. A.
A1  - Dorstyn, D. S.
A1  - Guiver, N. G.
SP  - 553
EP  - 557
VL  - 51
IS  - 7
N2  - Study design:Cross-sectional survey.Objective:To examine factors that contribute to the process of positive adjustment, or resilience, in an adult community sample with spinal cord injury (SCI).Setting:South Australian Spinal Cord Injury Service, Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, South Australia, AustraliaMethods:A postal survey comprising standardised measures of resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 item), self-efficacy (Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale), locus of control (Locus of Control of Behaviour Scale) and psychological distress (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 item).Results:Of 60 respondents, 58% reported moderate to high levels of resilience. Resilience correlated significantly with high self-efficacy (r=0.68, P<0.01), internal locus of control (r=-0.52, P<0.01) and low psychological distress (depression r=-0.68, P<0.01; anxiety r=-0.55, P<0.01; stress r=-0.67, P<0.01). In comparison, resilience was not significantly influenced by degree of neuropathic pain (r=-0.23, P>0.05), time since injury (r=-0.14, P>0.05), gender (t(58)=-0.92, P>0.05), lesion completeness (t(57)=-0.86, P>0.05), or SCI diagnosis (t(58)=-1.21, P>0.05). A multiple regression indicated that psychological distress and self-efficacy were the only two variables that uniquely contributed to resilient behaviour.Conclusion:Resilience is an important psychological process in the longer-term management of SCI which can be promoted by targeting rehabilitation interventions towards mood management in addition to self efficacy beliefs. Larger-scale research will help to validate these results.Spinal Cord advance online publication, 21 May 2013; doi:10.1038/sc.2013.25.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1362-4393
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sc.2013.25
ID  - ref1
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