title: [Resilience as a protective personality characteristic in the elderly].
abstract: In a sample of elderly from the general population aged 60 years and older (N = 599, 53.6 % female; mean age 69.6 years) resilience was assessed as a protective personality factor for physical well-being by means of the resilience scale (RS; Wagnild and Young, 1993). The elderly reported lower subjective body complaints, when the amount of resilience was higher. The results of a regression analysis showed that resilience was a significant predictive variable for physical well-being besides age and sex. The amount of resilience was lower in women as in men. An age-related effect could not be found.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Medizinische Psychologie.
authors.forename: Karena
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leppert
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gunzelmann
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brähler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D010556:Personality Tests