Blossoming Amidst Adversity: A Quantitative Review on the Resilience of Senior High School Students using Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)

Abstract

Resilience is the ability to cope with problems and to depict a strong persona despite difficulties in life. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and their definition of resilience. Knowing how to deal with and stand through adversity is salient. This study established the awareness of students in the context of resilience and their inspiring initiatives toward resilience. It also measured the resilience of students using Connor Davidson’s resilience scale. One hundred senior high school students were the respondents in this study. The researchers used Google Forms to gather the data. The results revealed that the students are familiar with the idea of resilience, as they understood, defined, and gave inspiring initiatives toward it. They were also considered resilient using Conor Davidson’s resilience scale. In the item list, the highest mean in the scale was 3.64 (Having faith in God may help me occasionally), while the lowest was 2.77 (I have a sense of control over my situation). The researchers suggested programs and activities that will strengthen the resilience of students, including creating programs for resilience and obtaining a growing mentality.