title: Ego-resiliency development from late adolescence to emerging adulthood: A ten-year longitudinal study.
abstract: This study examined the development of ego-resiliency from late adolescence to emerging adulthood, using a 10-year cohort-sequential design. Participants were 335 Italian adolescents (173 females and 162 males), living, at the time of the study, in Genzano, a small city near to Rome. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that the developmental trajectory of ego-resiliency from 15 to 25 years is adequately described by a piecewise model that included separate growth profiles corresponding to different developmental stages. Essentially, ego-resiliency remained remarkably stable until the end of high school, and then encountered a phase of relative increase. Moreover, the trajectory of ego-resiliency from ages 15 to 19 was predicted by self-efficacy beliefs in managing negative emotions, and the trajectory from age 19 to 25 was predicted by experienced familial support and self-efficacy beliefs in expressing positive emotions at age 15. Experienced stressful life events also accounted for individuals' deviation from the typical ego-resiliency trajectory.
authors.affiliation: Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: guido.alessandri@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alessandri
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, Italy.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.affiliation: Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vecchione
authors.affiliation: Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Vittorio
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Caprara
authors.affiliation: Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milioni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010553:Personality Development; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ego-resiliency; Family support; Personality development; Self-efficacy beliefs