The Systematic Review of Psychological Hardiness and Sustainable Wellbeing Among Young Adult Under Low-Income Group

Abstract

Psychological hardiness serves as a vital psychological source that help individuals in the society to adapt and improve effectively and maintain long-term wellbeing. Even though hardiness had increased the attention scholarly, resilience, and wellbeing had also received attention regarding existing evidence which currently remains fragmented. In this study, researcher focused on young adults from low-income group who experienced persistent socioeconomic difficulties that may relate their financial knowledge, psychological functioning, and sustainable wellbeing. Therefore, a comprehensive study of available data was required to determine the role of psychological hardiness in contributing the long-term wellbeing among the susceptible population. The aim of this systematic literature review is to collect and study the existing research on psychological hardiness, resilience, and wellbeing within young adults under low-income contexts, and applied the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology as the main framework. The database platform used in this study was Scopus and Web of Science which focused on publications from 2024 until 2026 applied in an advanced search approach. Besides, the keywords used for searching string include “psychological hardiness”, “sustainable wellbeing”, “young adult”, and “low-income group”, following the process with identification, screening, eligibility assessment, and quality appraisal procedure. The total of 30 primary studies had met the inclusion criteria which had been chosen as the final synthesis. Furthermore, there main themes had been detected based on the findings of the data which include (1) hardiness, resilience, and psychological well-being, (2) academic and student-focused psychosocial outcomes, and (3) stress, coping, and adaptation in specific populations and life contexts. This reviewed study concludes psychological hardiness reduced the negative impacts of stress among the communities, and consistently demonstrated positive correlation with resilience, adaptive coping strategies, and psychological wellbeing. Nonetheless, significant study regarding low-income group from young adults are limited, where the researcher found as a gap to highlight for the further research. Thus, this review presents an updated study based on contemporary evidence that may assist in developing the future empirical research that focused on psychological hardiness as the main factor for improving the wellbeing among young adults from low-income households by forming interventions, policy development, and sustainable wellbeing.