Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), linked with a penchant for the arts and creativity, exerts its bivalent influences, contingent on context, on individuals’ health-related outcomes. But little is known about how it interacts with creative self-concept (CSC). Focusing on the role of SPS, this study identified risk and protective factors of resilience among artistically inclined individuals from middle to later life during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) restriction period and examined the interaction effect between SPS and CSC on depression. Two stages of analyses were pursued. Stage 1 identified factors associated with resilience by using regression and profile analyses on data from 224 anonymized respondents from middle to third age (M_age = 54.08, SD = 10.08, range = 40–84) with diverse disciplinary backgrounds in visual arts. Stage 2 examined the influence of SPS on the relationship between CSC and depression. SPS, lack of peer support of shared interests in the arts, and depression emerged as risk factors associated with lower levels of resilience. The profiles of SPS components among the relatively high and low resilience groups were found to be divergent. The effects of CSC on depression were contingent upon SPS, controlling for neuroticism. The findings call for future research to examine the differential correlational patterns among the SPS components and neuroticism across different populations. The risk/protective factors and patterns found in this study provide directions for research in SPS and applied work to support artistically inclined individuals from middle to later life.

感觉处理敏感性（SPS）与对艺术和创造力的爱好相关，根据背景对个人的健康相关结果发挥其双重影响。但人们对它如何与创造性自我概念（CSC）相互作用却知之甚少。本研究着眼于 SPS 的作用，确定了 2019 年冠状病毒（COVID-19）限制期间有艺术倾向的中年至晚年人群恢复力的风险和保护因素，并检验了 SPS 和 CSC 对抑郁症的相互作用。进行了两个阶段的分析。第一阶段通过对 224 名中老年匿名受访者的数据进行回归和概况分析，确定了与复原力相关的因素（M_年龄 = 54.08，SD = 10.08，范围 = 40–84）具有视觉艺术的不同学科背景。第二阶段研究了 SPS 对 CSC 和抑郁症之间关系的影响。SPS、缺乏对艺术共同兴趣的同伴支持以及抑郁症成为与复原力水平较低相关的风险因素。发现弹性相对较高和较低的组中 SPS 成分的概况存在差异。CSC 对抑郁症的影响取决于控制神经质的 SPS。这些发现需要未来的研究来检验不同人群的 SPS 成分和神经质之间的差异相关模式。本研究中发现的风险/保护因素和模式为 SPS 和应用工作的研究提供了方向，以支持具有艺术倾向的个体从中年到晚年的生活。