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Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective on Professional Identity and Internal Resilience: An ASSM-Based Analysis

Author(s) Dr. meenakshi kumari kumari, Ms. Bhavyaja Chakrala Chakrala
Country India
Abstract Using an Analytical Structural Systems Modeling (ASSM) approach, this study offers a systems-level investigation of the relationship between professional identity and internal resilience within the framework of a Complex Adaptive Systems perspective. Examining whether externally defined social roles, as opposed to stable internal personality traits, significantly contribute to psychological resilience was the main goal. One hundred participants from a variety of socio-developmental backgrounds made up the cross-sectional dataset that was examined. The 155-item Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ), which focuses on higher-order constructs like Positive Emotionality (PEM), Negative Emotionality (NEM), and Constraint (CON), was used to measure personality dimensions. Participants were divided into four occupational groups—students, teachers, professionals/employees, and self-employed people—in order to assess the predictive impact of professional identity. The degree to which occupational status influences variance in resilience scores was estimated using Generalized Linear Modeling (GLM). With a non-significant model outcome (F = 1.94, p = 0.128), the results showed that professional identity accounts for a small percentage of variance in resilience (R² = 0.057), indicating that external role-based identities have little effect. These results lend credence to the idea that resilience is an emergent characteristic that is largely controlled by stable personality traits rather than changing social roles from a systems perspective. The findings are consistent with previous research showing that social and environmental factors play a modulatory role in resilience, which is primarily shaped by intrinsic psychological factors. The study highlights the importance of fundamental personality structures in adaptive functioning and upholds the hierarchical division between Level 2 role identities and Level 3 dispositional traits.
Keywords Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ); ASSM; PRISM; Resilience; Behavioral Genetics; Emotional Regulation; Professional Identity; Psychometric Evaluation.
Field Biology > Genetics / Molecular
Published In Volume 17, Issue 2, April-June 2026
Published On 2026-04-04

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