Coping resources
The way people cope with a stressful situation depends
heavily upon the resources they have to draw on. A
variety of resources have been identi®ed as contribut-
ing to successful emotional adjustment in SCI. Across
a wide range of studies consistent ®ndings have
emerged. Age appears to be a valuable resource with
younger individual's showing superior emotional ad-
justment in comparison to older persons.44,45 Research-
ers have stated that age may act as a resource as
younger individuals are more ¯exible in the particular
path their lives may take and therefore have less
diculty coping with the dramatic changes SCI can