Building Inner Strength: The Interplay between Temperament and Adolescent Resilience

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Priyanka Malhotra and Saumya Sharma (Department of Psychology, IILM University, Gurugram, Haryana)

This study explores the relationship between temperament traits and resilience in adolescents, aiming to understand how self-regulatory and affective dimensions of temperament contribute to adaptive functioning. The sample included 110 adolescents (48 males, 62 females) aged 14-16 years, recruited from the Delhi NCR region using purposive and snowball sampling. Participants completed the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised (EATQ-R) (Ellis & Rothbart, 2001) and the Resilience Scale (Lashmi & Narain, 2017). Pearson correlation analyses were conducted to examine associations between temperament dimensions and resilience factors. Significant positive correlations emerged between attention and inhibitory control with resilience dimensions such as perseverance, composure, and self-reliance. In contrast, traits like fear, frustration, aggression, shyness, and depressive mood showed significant negative correlations with resilience indicators. The findings suggest that effortful control and emotional regulation are integral to fostering resilience in adolescents (Eisenberg et al., 2004). These results highlight temperament as a potential target for resilience-building interventions during adolescence.