This study's main goal was to examine the impact of internal and external protective factors
on resilience among college students. While much of the literature on resilience focuses on …

This study examined the relationships amongst a measure of resilience, demographic
factors, a measure of life stressors and social resources, and a measure of overall …

Transitioning to college can be hard for many adolescents and emerging adults. The field of
psychology has long asked the question,“What helps a person cope with transition and with …

This article examines the scale structure of the Resiliency Scales for Children and
Adolescents (RSCA). Confirmatory factor analysis reveals that a three-factor model is a …

Recent research shows that there are significant differences between resilient and non-
resilient students on a variety of background characteristics and personal attributes (learning …

As mental health problems continue to increase among post-secondary populations, the
need to develop effective initiatives designed to bolster students' resilience has increasingly …

How students build the capacity to manage their challenges is a key concern of those who
study resilience, an important topic in the field of education today. In her foreword to Sara …

Large numbers of students tend to experience failure and dropout in their first year at
university. The fundamental aim of this research was to explore protective factors that could …