Sıla ŞAHİN, Zerrin Benal HEPSÖĞÜTLÜ
The purpose of this study is to analyze psychological resilience levels and of coping strategies of high school studentsin terms of certain variables,and the relationship between coping strategies and psychological resilience. The study group of the research consisted of 229 Anatolian High School studentsin Turkey. The data of the research was collected using the Child and Teenager Psychological Resilience Scale,and the Teenagers' Coping Skills Scale. The data was analyzed using t-test,One-Way ANOVA,and KruskalWallis H test. According to the findings, the students have good psychological resilience,although they didnot show the same results in active coping strategies. The psychological resilience of the students did not show any significant difference based on their gender, income oreducation levels of their parents, or the marital status of their parents; also, the students’ coping strategies didnot show any significant difference based on their gender, class level, preschool education, income, oreducation levels of their father. It was found that when the class level increased, psychological resilience decreased; with regardto the 12th gradestudents’ ages, this result was considered notable. Students who had limitedpreschool educationappear disadvantaged compared to those who had nopreschool education or those who received it continuously(with no breaks). Students whose mothers attended primaryschool or were high school graduates usedactive coping strategies more than those whose mothers held an undergraduatedegree. Students whose parents were divorced, on the other hand, tendedto use avoidance strategies. A medium-level, positive relationship was foundbetween psychological resilience and active coping, and a medium-level, negative relationship was foundbetween psychological resilience and negative coping. In this sense, studentsof the12th gradeshouldbe educated about active coping in order to strengthentheir psychological resilience.
