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Volume 19, Issue 2 (Suppl) Int J Emerg Ment Health, an open access journal
ISSN: 1522-4821 Mental Health 2017
June 21-23, 2017
Page 24
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Mental Health and Human Resilience
June 21-23, 2017 London, UK
3rd International Conference on
Ming-hui Li, Int J Emerg Ment Health 2017, 19:2(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C1-007
Resilience and coping strategies: Learning to become resilient
Problem Statement: Resilience has been in studies for about four decades. Studies of resilience have gradually switched the
perspective of mental health issues from psychopathology to a positive psychology. For the past 13 years, the author has
focused on studying the process by which trait resilience influences coping strategies, which are related to adaptation and
mental health. The author has always been exploring better approaches to improving human resilience.
Methods: Based on resilience theories and empirical studies, the following questions were addressed in my studies: (1) Can
resilience predict active coping across different cultures? (2) Can resilience predict active coping across time? (3) Can resilience
mediate the effect of stress on problem-solving? (4) Can resilience moderate the effect of stress on avoidance? (5) Can resilience
be learned from life experiences? (6) In the process of learning to become resilient, do stress, generalized anxiety, attachment
avoidance and attachment anxiety impact the influence of life experience-learning on resilience? Data were collected in the US,
China, and Taiwan, using scales that have adequate validity and reliability. Structural equation modeling and Haye’s moderated
mediation approach were applied to analyze data.
Findings: Resilience can predict active coping across cultures and across time. Although resilience can mediate the effect of
stress on problem-solving, it cannot moderate stress’s effect on avoidance. Resilience can be learned through life experiences.
Life experience-learning could directly influence resilience and indirectly influence resilience via self-efficacy and self-
compassion. Stress and generalized anxiety do not significantly impact the process of learning to become resilient. However,
attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety can each negatively influence the process.
Conclusion: Findings suggest that mental health practitioners add a new ingredient, life experience-learning, to resilience
development programs. In addition, resilience programs can be more effective when attachment anxiety and attachment
avoidance are dealt with.
Biography
Ming-hui Li is a Clinician, a Researcher, and a Professor. He is a licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York State and a licensed Professional Counselor in the State of
Pennsylvania. In addition, he is a National Certified Counselor and a Nationally Certified Psychologist in the USA. His clinical and research interests include stress coping
and resilience development. Some of his research projects on resilience are cross-cultural studies. He has published 18 articles in national journals such as Journal of
Counseling & Development and Journal of Multicultural Counseling & Development and in international journals such as International Journal of Stress Management. He
has conducted 40 presentations at national conferences and 41 presentations in meetings at the local, regional or international levels.
Ming-hui Li
St. John’s University, USA