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Peer-reviewedCC BY-NC-NDPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar

Psychological Resilience and Well-Being in Adolescents: Indirect Associations through Empathy and Expressive Communication

  • Bilge Kağan Bıkmaz1
  • Ayşen Kovan
  1. 1Bilkent Laboratory and International School
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Abstract

Objective: This study investigated whether empathy and expressive communication account for the association between psychological resilience and psychological well-being among adolescents. Method: The participants were 722 secondary school students (Mage = 16.77, SD = 1.07; 59.43% girls) from Türkiye who completed self-report measures of psychological resilience, empathy, expressive communication, and psychological well-being. A serial mediation model was tested to examine both independent and sequential indirect associations. Results: Psychological resilience was positively associated with psychological well-being through both direct (B = .24, 95% CI [.16, .33]) and indirect (B = .25, 95% CI [.19, .31]) associations. Both empathy (B = .06, 95% CI [.03, .10]) and expressive communication (B = .14, 95% CI [.10, .19]) independently accounted for this association. A significant sequential indirect association was also observed (B = .05, 95% CI [.03, .08]), whereby resilience was associated with greater empathy, which in turn was related to stronger expressive communication and higher well-being. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the association between resilience and well-being is partly explained by interconnected socioemotional processes that link internal coping resources with interpersonal functioning.

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@article{bıkmaz2026psychological,
  title = {{Psychological Resilience and Well-Being in Adolescents: Indirect Associations through Empathy and Expressive Communication}},
  author = {Bilge Kağan Bıkmaz and Ayşen Kovan},
  journal = {Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.18863/pgy.1954962},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1954962},
  note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Psychological Resilience and Well-Being in Adolescents: Indirect Associations through Empathy and Expressive Communication
AU  - Bilge Kağan Bıkmaz
AU  - Ayşen Kovan
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/25
JO  - Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
DO  - 10.18863/pgy.1954962
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1954962
AB  - Objective: This study investigated whether empathy and expressive communication account for the association between psychological resilience and psychological well-being among adolescents. Method: The participants were 722 secondary school students (Mage = 16.77, SD = 1.07; 59.43% girls) from Türkiye who completed self-report measures of psychological resilience, empathy, expressive communication, and psychological well-being. A serial mediation model was tested to examine both independent and sequential indirect associations. Results: Psychological resilience was positively associated with psychological well-being through both direct (B = .24, 95% CI [.16, .33]) and indirect (B = .25, 95% CI [.19, .31]) associations. Both empathy (B = .06, 95% CI [.03, .10]) and expressive communication (B = .14, 95% CI [.10, .19]) independently accounted for this association. A significant sequential indirect association was also observed (B = .05, 95% CI [.03, .08]), whereby resilience was associated with greater empathy, which in turn was related to stronger expressive communication and higher well-being. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the association between resilience and well-being is partly explained by interconnected socioemotional processes that link internal coping resources with interpersonal functioning.
SN  - 1309-0674
SN  - 1309-0658
ER  -