Psychological resilience and health perception among adolescents and related factors

• Main Author: Emine Ela Kucuk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society of TURAZ AKADEMI 2017-09-01
• Series: Medicine Science
• Subjects: Psychological resilience; adolescent; health perception; family
• Online Access: http://www.ejmanager.com/fulltextpdf.php?mno=258874

This study aims to analyze the psychological resilience and health perception among adolescents together with the affecting factors. The sample of this cross-sectional study includes 561 adolescents who are 7th and 8th grade students attending secondary schools in Giresun province of Turkey, during 25 May - 5 June in 2015. During data collection, a questionnaire form comprising questions on socio-demographic characteristics and health perception is used in addition to the Adolescent Psychological Resilience Scale (APRS). During the analysis of the data; frequency, percentage, independent samples t test, and Mann-Whitney U test have been utilized. The APRS score of the participating students is found as 97.4±11.0. The psychological resilience score of the students who perceive their health as moderate is significantly lower than that of the students who perceive their health as good (p [Med-Science 2017; 6(3.000): 504-9]