Fuente Arias, Jesús de laUrien Angulo, BegoñaLuis, Elkin O.González Torres, María CarmenArtuch Garde, RaquelBalaguer, Álvaro2023-01-182023-01-182022de la Fuente, J., Urien, B., Luis, E. O., González-Torres, M. C., Artuch-Garde, R., & Balaguer, A. (2022). The proactive-reactive resilience as a mediational variable between the character strength and the flourishing in undergraduate students. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 856558. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.8565581664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2022.856558https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/44585The aim of this research was to delimit the predictive and mediational model of resilience between character strengths to predict flourishing, in a sample of undergraduate students. After signing their informed consent, 642 university students completed three validated scales (i.e., character strengths, resilience, and flourishing). Using an ex post facto design, regression, structural modeling, and mediation analyses were carried out, in order to construct a multi-causal predictive model. Results indicated a consistent predictive direct effect of character strengths on resilience and flourishing and of resilience on flourishing. As hypothesized, resilience also showed a mediating effect on the relationship between character strengths and flourishing. Additionally, results also revealed that the reactive and proactive factors of resilience were explained by different character strengths (e.g., emotional strength/cognitive, interpersonal strengths), reinforcing the idea that the two directions are complementary and necessary. Finally, several implications were established for the practice of positive psychology.application/pdfeng© 2022 de la Fuente, Urien, Luis, González-Torres, Artuch-Garde and Balaguer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.FlourishingMediational modelProactive and reactive resilienceStrength characterUniversityinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article2023-01-18info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess