DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP14.74
Authors: Kim, S. R., Lee, J.H., Lee, S. M.
Abstract:
Resilient people are able to ‘bounce back’ from adversity. Since finding a job is one of the most stressful situations which people experience in their life, it is meaningful to see how university graduates cope with it, especially related to resilience. Since some students are likely to deal with such situations more easily than others. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the influential factors on resilience of job seekers who are about to graduate university. Previous studies have proved various factors influencing resilience. Optimism, an expectation of good rather than bad outcomes, is related to resilience because it initiates working toward an individual’s goal in stressful situation. Also, resilient people are prone to have higher conscientiousness than maladaptive people. In this study, optimism, conscientiousness, and resilience were measured among 300 seniors of universities in Seoul, South Korea. Results of regression analysis showed that significant influential variables are different between cross-sectional analysis and longitudinal analysis. In the cross-sectional analysis, optimism and conscientiousness had an impact on resilience. Meanwhile, only optimism had an effect on resilience in the longitudinal analysis. Results of this study indicated that there is a difference between cross-sectional influencing factors on resilience and longitudinal influencing factors on changes of resilience in university graduates who are seeking jobs. Implications of this study are also discussed
Keywords: resilience, optimism, conscientiousness, longitudinal analysis, university graduates
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