Resilience: investigating its relationship with academic performance, social anxiety and family support in female adolescents
Authors
Ellis, Abbie
Issue Date
2022
Degree
BA Hons in Psychology
Publisher
Dublin Business School
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Abstract
Research has shown resilience as a defining factor of how well one will bounce back after adversity. An investigation into the relationship between psychological resilience, academic achievement, social anxiety and family quality of life was conducted in Irish female adolescents, between the ages of 14-15 years (N=113). A quantitative, cross-sectional correlational design was used. Academic performance was measured through English Summer exam results. A Mann-Whitney U test compared two sibling groups recoding in the dataset. Three questionnaires measured the predictor variables, Resilience Scale 25, a subset of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents, and a subset of the Family Quality of Life Scale.
No significant relationship was found between academic performance and the predictor variables. Neither was there a significant difference between sibling groups and academic performance. Through Spearman rho’s correlations, results concluded family support to be positively correlated with resilience and social anxiety to be negatively correlated with resilience.