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A Correlational Study on Resilience and Well-Being among College Adolescents in Kolhapur City


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1 Department of Psychology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Psychology, Smt. Mathubai Garware Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sangli, Maharashtra, India
     

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The present study examined the correlation between resilience and well-being among adolescents. The sample consisted of 120 adolescents were selected for the study which includes 60 males and 60 females from Kolhapur city. Random sampling method was used for the data collection. Resilience was measured by Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (Deirdre Gartland, 2006) and well-being was measured by General Well-Being Scale (Kalia & Deswal). The Method of central tendency was used for data analysis and computes the Mean, SD and calculated 'r' values. The results indicated that the there is a positive correlation between resilience and well-being among adolescents whereas the mean score of males is more than females, its showed that the level of resilience and well-being of males is higher than that of females. The findings also indicated that significant positive correlation between various dimensions of resilience and well-being. The present study revealed that well-being was a valuable predictor of resilience among adolescents.

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Resilience, Well-Being, Gender.
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Authors

Ashwini P. Patil
Department of Psychology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
R. K. Adsul
Department of Psychology, Smt. Mathubai Garware Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sangli, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


The present study examined the correlation between resilience and well-being among adolescents. The sample consisted of 120 adolescents were selected for the study which includes 60 males and 60 females from Kolhapur city. Random sampling method was used for the data collection. Resilience was measured by Adolescent Resilience Questionnaire (Deirdre Gartland, 2006) and well-being was measured by General Well-Being Scale (Kalia & Deswal). The Method of central tendency was used for data analysis and computes the Mean, SD and calculated 'r' values. The results indicated that the there is a positive correlation between resilience and well-being among adolescents whereas the mean score of males is more than females, its showed that the level of resilience and well-being of males is higher than that of females. The findings also indicated that significant positive correlation between various dimensions of resilience and well-being. The present study revealed that well-being was a valuable predictor of resilience among adolescents.

Keywords


Resilience, Well-Being, Gender.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2017%2Fv8i1%2F147243