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Resilience of Rural-to-Urban Migrant Adolescents:The Role of Gender and Socio-Economic Status


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1 Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Psychology, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune, Maharashtra, India
     

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The central question addressed in the study is whether there are differences in resilience across gender and socio-economic classes among adolescents. To answer this question, 308 late adolescents between the age range of 16 to 18 years and who have migrated to Pune city for the purpose of education were included in the study. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD; RISC, 2003) developed by Kathryn Connor and Jonathan Davidson was used to measure resilience. Socio-economic status was measured using the Socio-Economic Status Scale (rural) by Dubey and Nigam (2005). Independent 't' test was used to analyze differences in resilience across gender and socio-economic groups. Results revealed that no significant differences on resilience were found between adolescent boys and girls and also between the socio-economic groups. Findings have been discussed in the light of relevant literature.

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Resilience, Rural-to-Urban Migrant Adolescents, Socio-Economic Status, Gender.
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Authors

Sanhitta J. Karmalkar
Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Alpana Vaidya
Department of Psychology, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


The central question addressed in the study is whether there are differences in resilience across gender and socio-economic classes among adolescents. To answer this question, 308 late adolescents between the age range of 16 to 18 years and who have migrated to Pune city for the purpose of education were included in the study. The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD; RISC, 2003) developed by Kathryn Connor and Jonathan Davidson was used to measure resilience. Socio-economic status was measured using the Socio-Economic Status Scale (rural) by Dubey and Nigam (2005). Independent 't' test was used to analyze differences in resilience across gender and socio-economic groups. Results revealed that no significant differences on resilience were found between adolescent boys and girls and also between the socio-economic groups. Findings have been discussed in the light of relevant literature.

Keywords


Resilience, Rural-to-Urban Migrant Adolescents, Socio-Economic Status, Gender.