Testing Kumpfer’s Resilience Model Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness

Having a serious mental illness (SMI) is often associated with significant adversities, and people respond differently to adversities. The existing research supports that people with SMI can achieve and maintain positive life outcomes despite experiencing adversities. Resilience, the ability to cope with (or bounce back quickly from) crisis, can help buffer the negative effects of various types of adversities, including chronic illness and disability, and facilitate the psychosocial adaptation process to SMI. Kumpfer’s resilience model, a person-process-context framework, has been widely used to conceptualize, and assess for, resilience in various populations, including people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. However, the research in resilience among people with SMI is very limited. The purpose of this study was to empirically assess the utility of Kumpfer’s resilience model and its proposed predictive components for conceptualizing the adaptation process to SMI. One hundred forty-four participants completed a Qualtrics survey containing demographic questions and a series of validated instruments representing the major components of Kumpfer’s resilience model. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to analyze the data, and the final model explained 71% of the variance of the dependent variable—adaptation to disability. Avoidance coping, internalized stigma, and optimism were significant independent predictors of adaptation to disability. This study supports the utilization of Kumpfer’s resilience model to conceptualize the adaptation to disability process among people with SMI. Implications for rehabilitation counseling practices are discussed.

Deyu Pan et al, Testing Kumpfer’s Resilience Model Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness, Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin (65, 4) pp. 279-293. Copyright © 2021. DOI: 10.1177/00343552211006770. Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. Users may also download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference. For permission to reuse an article, please follow our Process for Requesting Permission.

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Work Title Testing Kumpfer’s Resilience Model Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness
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  1. Deyu Pan
  2. Jennifer Sánchez
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  1. resilience
  2. severe mental illness
  3. internalized stigma
  4. coping
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  1. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
Publication Date April 15, 2021
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Deposited September 30, 2024

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