title: Using a Multidimensional Measure of Resilience to Explain Life Satisfaction and Academic Achievement of Adults With Reading Difficulties.
abstract: We assessed the impact of intrapersonal and interpersonal resilience, persistence, and number of difficulties in addition to reading problems on life satisfaction (general, social, and self) and academic achievement. A total of 120 adults with reading difficulties who either were completing a university degree or were recent graduates responded to an in-lab or online survey. Results indicated that intrapersonal resilience correlated positively with interpersonal resilience and persistence, and both resilience factors were negatively associated with number of difficulties. Using structural equation modeling, intrapersonal resilience explained general satisfaction, intrapersonal resilience and number of difficulties explained self satisfaction, and interpersonal resilience explained social satisfaction. Academic achievement did not correlate with any of the included variables.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada hstack@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Holly L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Stack-Cutler
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Rauno K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Parrila
authors.affiliation: University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors.forename: Minna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torppa
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: life satisfaction; reading difficulties; resilience