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OVERCOMING OBSTACLES: A STUDY OF ACADEMIC RESILIENCE AMONG MALE AND FEMALE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Authors: Nasir Rasheed & Shaista Sultan
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Academic Resilience embodies a student’s aptitude to adeptly navigate impediments, pressure and challenges inherent in the school environment. This research explores the academic resilience of secondary school students and compares male and female students in this regard. The study aimed to test the hypothesis that there is no significant difference in academic resilience between male and female secondary school students. A sample of 140 secondary school students (70 male and 70 female) was randomly selected for the study. Data collection employed the Academic Resilience Scale developed by Dr. Mihir Kumar Mallick and Ms. Simranjit Kaur. Statistical analysis included percentage statistics, Mean, Standard Deviation, and a t-test to assess mean differences in academic resilience between genders. Results showed that among the 140 secondary students, 12.1% exhibited extremely high, 5% high, 28.6% above average, 33.6% average, 19.3% below average, and 1.4% low levels of academic resilience. None of the students displayed an extremely low level of resilience. The findings revealed that 5.7% of male students and 18.6% of female students demonstrated extremely high resilience, 5.7% of male students and 4.3% of female students showed high resilience, 24.3% of male students and 32.9% of female students possessed above-average resilience, 37.1% of male students and 30.0% of female students displayed moderate resilience, 24.3% of male students and 14.3% of female students exhibited below-average resilience, and 2.9% of male students and no female students showed low levels of academic resilience. None of the students displayed an extremely low level of academic resilience. The calculated t-value of 3.32 is significant at the 0.01 level, indicating a notable difference in academic resilience between male and female secondary school students. The findings of this study suggest that female secondary school students tend to be more resilient than their male counterparts.
KEYWORDS: Academic Resilience, Academic Stress, Academic Challenges, Academic Achievement, Mental Health