dc.contributor.author | Sun, Jing | |
dc.contributor.author | Buys, Nicholas | |
dc.contributor.author | Tatow, Dion | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Lindsay | |
dc.contributor.editor | Charles Duke | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T15:17:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T15:17:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.modified | 2012-08-08T23:44:02Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 21631948 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/46109 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study aims to examine psychosocial factors associated with mental health and emotional well-being difficulties in a group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. A self-reported survey was administered to 155 par-ticipants aged 18-80 from five Indigenous communities, who were recruited through local Aboriginal Community Con-trolled Health Services. Stress, resilience, mental health and emotional well-being were measured. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the association of stress and resilience with mental health and emotional well-being difficul-ties. Seventy-eight participants had no mental health or emotional well-being difficulties but 77 participants were at risk. Low levels of resilience emerged as a key psychosocial factor associated with mental health and emotional well-being dif-ficulties while high levels of resilience were associated with a reduced risk. High levels of stress was related to an increased risk of experiencing mental health and emotional well-being difficulties. Improving our understanding of psychological characteristics associated with resilience in the face of stress can inform prevention and treatment interventions for stress-exposed individuals. Keywords Depression, Social And Emotional Wellbeing Difficulties, Resilience, Mental Health | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 345513 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Scientific and Academic Publishing | |
dc.publisher.place | United States | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ijpbs.20120201.06.html | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 38 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 45 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 2 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Mental Health | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 111714 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1701 | |
dc.title | Ongoing Health Inequality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population in Australia: Stressful Event, Resilience, and Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Difficulties | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Medicine | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2012 Scientific & Academic Publishing. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2012 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Buys, Nicholas J. | |
gro.griffith.author | Sun, Jing | |