Wisdom-related attitudes in psychosomatic patients and in a convenience sample

Wisdom can be understood as a complex capacity to solve unsolvable problems. Wise persons are better in coping with difficult life situations. People mental disorders often have problems This study examines whether convenience sample from the general population and psychosomatic rehabilitation patients (dis)agree similarly or differently global sentences representing wisdom-related attitudes. A total of 209 (lecture visitors, M = 32 years age) 207 (M 49 were given short case vignette seemingly unjust situation. They then asked which degree they agree different attitudes (12-WD Scale) regarding example Results: Patients judged situation more unjust, identified strongly victim. There no differences between two groups concerning agreement wisdom ideas, except that was likely idea change perspective. finding similar others is validity support for being capacity, may independent psychopathology. trainings health promotion potentially do not need distinguish persons. As scale asks problem solving, it concrete situations (i.e. wise behavior) would different.