TY - JOUR
T1 - Adaptive self-reflection and resilience
T2 - the moderating effects of rumination on insight as a mediator
AU - Bucknell, K. J.
AU - Kangas, M.
AU - Crane, M. F.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Self-focused attention literature identifies inconsistencies which suggest that self-reflection does not have a direct relationship with resilient outcomes. This study aimed to clarify the associated mechanisms by (1) exploring the indirect relationships between general and adaptive self-reflection and mental health outcomes via insight, and (2) testing the role of rumination as a moderator of this mediating relationship. Two-hundred and seventy-seven Australian Protestant ministry workers completed an online survey measuring adaptive self-reflection, general self-reflection, insight, rumination, resilience, and well-being. Structural equation modelling identified a moderated mediation. Insight mediated the relationship between adaptive self-reflection and resilience. Rumination moderated this relationship such that when ruminative thought was low, a positive relationship existed between adaptive self-reflection and resilience via insight. When rumination was high, adaptive self-reflection was negatively related to resilience via insight. Similar relationships were found between adaptive self-reflection and well-being, but not when general self-reflection was the independent variable. These results demonstrate one possible mechanism in the relationship between self-reflection and positive mental health, and the conditional role of rumination.
AB - Self-focused attention literature identifies inconsistencies which suggest that self-reflection does not have a direct relationship with resilient outcomes. This study aimed to clarify the associated mechanisms by (1) exploring the indirect relationships between general and adaptive self-reflection and mental health outcomes via insight, and (2) testing the role of rumination as a moderator of this mediating relationship. Two-hundred and seventy-seven Australian Protestant ministry workers completed an online survey measuring adaptive self-reflection, general self-reflection, insight, rumination, resilience, and well-being. Structural equation modelling identified a moderated mediation. Insight mediated the relationship between adaptive self-reflection and resilience. Rumination moderated this relationship such that when ruminative thought was low, a positive relationship existed between adaptive self-reflection and resilience via insight. When rumination was high, adaptive self-reflection was negatively related to resilience via insight. Similar relationships were found between adaptive self-reflection and well-being, but not when general self-reflection was the independent variable. These results demonstrate one possible mechanism in the relationship between self-reflection and positive mental health, and the conditional role of rumination.
KW - self-reflection
KW - insight
KW - rumination
KW - resilience
KW - well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113923394&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111234
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111234
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113923394
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 185
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 111234
ER -