Open AccessResilience And Academic Achievement Of Male And Female Secondary Level Students In Pakistan
Author(s) -
Muhammad Sarwar,
Hafiz Muhammad Inamullah,
Naeemullah Khan,
Nadeem Anwar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of college teaching and learning/journal of college teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-894X
pISSN - 1544-0389
DOI - 10.19030/tlc.v7i8.140
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , academic achievement , psychology , psychological resilience , sample (material) , scale (ratio) , developmental psychology , social psychology , geography , cartography , chemistry , physics , chromatography , thermodynamics
Resilience is the ability to succeed despite barriers that make it difficult for the students to succeed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between resilience and academic achievement of secondary level students of Gujranwala, Pakistan. A Resilience scale was used to collect data. The sample consisted of 127 secondary students, including 52 boys and 75 girls. The data revealed that there was no association between resilience and achievement as measured through marks obtained in 10th grade. The boys are more resilient than girls at the secondary level in Pakistan.