Vol. 11, Special Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Ramya Koneru and Ganga V Yenagi

Abstract:
Adolescence experience a several psycho-physiological changes, which were influenced by external and internal environment. The study aimed to examine the adolescents’ resilience and its association with individual and familial factors. A sample consisting of 191 adolescents studying in government and private high schools of rural and urban region were randomly selected. Resilience scale was administered to assess the resilience of adolescents. A self-structure general information questionnaire was developed to gather information related to individual and parental factors. The respondent’s socio-economic status was assessed by Socio-economic scale. The findings of the study shows that age, the class of studying has a significant association with resilience among rural adolescents. Gender and class of studying showed a significant association with urban adolescents’ resilience.