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The Relationship between Collectivism-Individualism, Family Resilience, Ego Resilience and Social Adaptation in University Students
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Abstract
The purposes of this study were to uncover the relationships and correlations between collectivismindividualism,family resilience, ego resilience and social adaptation. The subjects were 295 universitystudents. The data were analyzed by means of frequency, Pearson's correlation, and regression analysis,using the SPSS. The instruments used Shin(2001)'s depression and social adaptation of general mentalhealth scale, Triandis(1994)'s collectivism-individualism index, Yu(2004)'s Family resilience of Family HealthScale and Block & Kremen(1996)'s Ego resilience scale. The major findings were as follows; Collectivismand individualism were positively correlated with family resilience, ego resilience and social adaptation.Additionally, family resilience was positively correlated with ego resilience and social adaptation. Egoresilience was positively correlated with social adaptation. All the variables differed significantly according tothe university students' gender and family resilience and ego resilience differed significantly according tothe university students' family economic status. Second, collectivism and individualism had a positiveinfluence upon family resilience. Family resilience had a mediating effect upon collectivism-individualismand social adaptation. Third, collectivism and individualism influenced ego resilience positively. Egoresilience had a mediating effect on collectivism and social adaptation. Therefore, educational programs andcounseling programs aimed at increasing levels of social adaptation, family resilience, and ego resilienceshould improve the quality of life for university students.