The Influence of Efficacy and Resilience on Problem Solving in the United States, Taiwan, and China

• In Event: Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: Expanding the Field of Diversity Research in Psychology and Education

Abstract

This study explored the influence of task-oriented trait (self-efficacy and trait resilience) and relation-oriented trait (attachment) on problem-solving in the US (n = 177), Taiwan (n = 179), and China (n = 166). In all three samples, self-efficacy and trait resilience could influence problem-solving but attachment could not. There was no significant difference in levels of problem-solving among the three samples. Differences were found in traits influencing problem-solving. In US sample, self-efficacy directly influenced problem-solving. In Taiwanese and Chinese samples, self-efficacy majorly influenced problem-solving through trait resilience. Taiwanese and Chinese samples’ lower levels of self-efficacy, as opposed to that of US sample, may be associated with the indirect effect of self-efficacy on problem-solving. Finding can be applied to multicultural counseling.

Authors

• Ming-Hui Li, Saint John's University

• Robert Eschenauer, Saint John's University

• Yan Yang, Guangdong University of Technology