[Similar wisdom strategies for different life problems].

Objective: Wisdom can be understood as the ability to solve unsolvable problems. Wise persons are better in coping with difficult life situations. Wise strategies help them to do so. The question is whether the same or different wisdom strategies make sense for different life problems.

Methods: A total of 416 persons (40.4 years old) read two situational vignettes, one about a work problem and one about a private problem. After each situational vignette, they were asked about their wisdom strategies regarding the respective situation. Wisdom strategies were measured by means of a self-rating wisdom scale.

Results: People agreed similarly with wisdom strategies for both situations. For both situations, participants agreed most strongly to use factual and procedural knowledge, perception and acceptance of emotions, value relativism and relativization of problems and aspirations. The order of the remaining eight wisdom strategies was the same for both situations.

Discussion and conclusion: People agreed similarly with wisdom strategies regardless of the situation type. Wisdom strategies seem to be meaningful across different life problems. This is of interest for the design of interventions to promote psychological resilience.