Understanding the relationship between resilience and psychological well-being among adolescents in single and mixed shelter homes

Pages:335-338
Sharika Varma (Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bangaluru, Karnataka )

The current study focuses on the role of gender in predicting the relationship between resilience and psychological well-being in early adolescents from shelter homes. Main Hypotheses was that predicting a significant difference in the level of resilience and psychological well-being between single and mixed-sex shelter homes. The sample included 120 early adolescents (M age 14. 2 years, SD = .9). Data was analyzed using regression, two way ANOVA and mediation analysis. Results showed that resilience and psychological well-being showed a significant predictive relationship. Males and females showed a higher level of resilience in mixed-sex settings; male adolescents showed a higher level of psychological well-being in mixed-sex settings compared to single-sex settings, female adolescents showed a higher level of psychological well-being in single-sex settings compared to mixed-sex settings. Further, mediation analyses found that gender showed a strong trend as a mediator between resilience and psychological well-being but was not significant.