Abstract
This research aims to examine how emotion regulation skills and self-control variables influence teacher candidates’ levels of resilience. The research was conducted based on the relational screening model. The research group consisted of a total of 462 students, 225 (48.7%) boys and 237 (51.3%) girls, studying at Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Education in the 2020-2021 academic year. The average age of the research group was 20.23. “Personal Information Form”, “Brief Resilience Scale”, “Emotion Regulation Skills Scale” and “Self-Control Scale” were used as data collection tools in the context of the research. Stepwise regression analysis method from multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the data obtained from the research. In the study, it was concluded that emotion regulation skills and self-control significantly predicted teacher candidates’ resilience.
Highlights
Psychological distress negatively affects physical, mental and academic well-being (Foster, Allen, Oprescu, & McAllister, 2014)
Resilience refers to the successful adaptation process, capacity or result of a person despite challenging or threatening conditions (Masten, Best, & Garmezy, 1990)
Resilience characterizes the ability to cope with the negative effects of the difficulties and stress in one’s life and return with harmony and courage, and it is a behavioral adaptation characterized as the person’s inner well-being or effective functioning with the environment or both (Masten, Best, & Garmezy, 1990; Wagnild & Young, 1990; Wagnild & Young, 1993)
Summary
Psychological distress negatively affects physical, mental and academic well-being (Foster, Allen, Oprescu, & McAllister, 2014). The concept of’ ‘‘Resilience’’ defines people who show harmony and courage after misfortunes in life (Wagnild & Young, 1990) They are expressed as mechanisms that protect people against psychological risks associated with distress (Rutter, 1987). Resilience characterizes the ability to cope with the negative effects of the difficulties and stress in one’s life and return with harmony and courage, and it is a behavioral adaptation characterized as the person’s inner well-being or effective functioning with the environment or both (Masten, Best, & Garmezy, 1990; Wagnild & Young, 1990; Wagnild & Young, 1993). In the light of this information, resilience can be expressed as the ability to overcome stressful and stressful situations in one’s life, to adapt positively to them and to fight against difficulties effectively
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