Rehabilitation Psychology, Vol 69(2), May 2024, 94-101; doi:10.1037/rep0000535
Purpose/Objective: We lack critical information regarding promoting resilience in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Living according to one’s values may increase resilience. The aims of this study were to: (a) determine whether the degree to which individuals with SCI are living according to their values is associated with resilience; (b) identify values endorsed as most important; and (c) examine whether the importance of these values differs significantly by high vs. low resilience. Research Design: Individuals with SCI (N = 202, Mage = 47.32) completed an online survey. Two linear regression analyses were performed to evaluate the extent to which domains of valued living (measured using the Valuing Questionnaire [VQ] and its subdomains, progress and obstruction, and the Valued Living Questionnaire [VLQ]) were associated with resilience. To explore whether resilience was associated with ratings of the perceived importance of specific types of values, we identified the top 10 most important values endorsed in the sample and performed independent sample t tests to analyze whether high (top quartile) versus low (bottom quartile) resilience groups differed on their importance ratings of specific types of values. Results: Successful pursuit of values (VQ-progress) positively predicted resilience (B = 0.67, p B = −0.16, p B = 0.18, p