Building Your Psychological Capital (PsyCap) for Challenging Times
Building our Psychological Capital
(PsyCap)for these challenging times
Jacinta M. Kitt
Psychological Capital
(PsyCap)
Capital refers to our resources
Positive Disposition ( can do attitude)
Four components
State not Trait
Can be improved
PsyCap Components
•
Hope
•
Optimism
•
Self –efficacy (confidence)
•
Resilience
Hope (
Hope functions to energise and
sustain the self as it reconstructs itself in
trying circumstances) Shade, 2001
Essential for happiness and success
Opposite of fatalism, hopelessness, despair.
Setting, pursuing and attaining goals
Having the will and the ways to achieve them
Parcelling big goals into manageable smaller
ones
Place the reality of your achievements in the
context of future possibilities
Prioritising, Persisting and not Procrastinating
Optimism
(seeing the doughnut and
not the hole) Oscar Wilde
Positive and Realistic Expectations about the
future
Explanatory Style ( 3 Ps)
Asking what’s good about things
Try to see the best in others
Give new ideas the benefit of the doubt
Surround yourself with positive people
Self-Efficacy (
a realistic view of your
abilities backed up by skills and
competence
)
•
Self-belief (
Confidence
)
•
Not threatened by the confidence or
competence of others
•
Not afraid to admit they don’t know or
understand something
•
Healthy self-esteem is neither low nor too high
(confidence as opposed lack of confidence or
conceitedness)
•
Contingent of supportive environment
Resillience (
we are more or less
susceptible to stress depending on how we
think about the things that happen to us)
•
Bouncing back after adversity?
•
Putting things into perspective (ABCs)
•
Ascertaining importance in the bigger picture
( crisis scale)
•
Engagement with mutually
empathic/responsive relationships is a great
source of resilience
•
Children need protective factors and
processes to help them build resilience
Emotional & Social
Intelligence
Positive disposition generally
Getting on well with others generally
Social Intelligence is the
ability:
To act wisely in human relations ( Thorndyke, 1920)
To make others feel the better for an encounter with
you
To show empathy and understanding
To acknowledge and give recognition to others
To admit to being wrong and to be able to apologise
To let go
Building Psychological Capital (PsyCap) involves enhancing Hope, Optimism, Self-Efficacy, and Resilience. Hope energizes in trying circumstances. Optimism focuses on positive future expectations. Self-Efficacy requires realistic self-belief. Resilience is about bouncing back after adversity through perspective and supportive relationships.
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Building our Psychological Capital (PsyCap)for these challenging times Jacinta M. Kitt
Psychological Capital (PsyCap) Capital refers to our resources Positive Disposition ( can do attitude) Four components State not Trait Can be improved
PsyCap Components Hope Optimism Self efficacy (confidence) Resilience
Hope (Hope functions to energise and sustain the self as it reconstructs itself in trying circumstances) Shade, 2001 Essential for happiness and success Opposite of fatalism, hopelessness, despair. Setting, pursuing and attaining goals Having the will and the ways to achieve them Parcelling big goals into manageable smaller ones Place the reality of your achievements in the context of future possibilities Prioritising, Persisting and not Procrastinating
Optimism (seeing the doughnut and not the hole) Oscar Wilde Positive and Realistic Expectations about the future Explanatory Style ( 3 Ps) Asking what s good about things Try to see the best in others Give new ideas the benefit of the doubt Surround yourself with positive people
Self-Efficacy (a realistic view of your abilities backed up by skills and competence) Self-belief (Confidence) Not threatened by the confidence or competence of others Not afraid to admit they don t know or understand something Healthy self-esteem is neither low nor too high (confidence as opposed lack of confidence or conceitedness) Contingent of supportive environment
Resillience (we are more or less susceptible to stress depending on how we think about the things that happen to us) Bouncing back after adversity? Putting things into perspective (ABCs) Ascertaining importance in the bigger picture ( crisis scale) Engagement with mutually empathic/responsive relationships is a great source of resilience Children need protective factors and processes to help them build resilience
Emotional & Social Intelligence Positive disposition generally Getting on well with others generally
Social Intelligence is the ability: To act wisely in human relations ( Thorndyke, 1920) To make others feel the better for an encounter with you To show empathy and understanding To acknowledge and give recognition to others To admit to being wrong and to be able to apologise To let go
