Effect of Resilience on Academic Achievement of University Students

Abstract

Academic achievement has been the focus of many studies in terms of the factors affecting it at various levels and in different contexts. The main purpose of this study was to examine how the academic achievement of university students is affected by their personality trait like resilience. The participants 532 students were selected from the population of 9125 students.  The questionnaire of resilience consisted of 24 items was used to collect the data. The internal consistency of the resilience scale had also been examined. Factor analysis was conducted to explore the underlying dimensions of resilience. A cross-sectional study was conducted.  SPSS was used to analyze the data.  The simple linear regression resilience was observed wit have positive and significant effect on the academic achievement. The university administrations were suggested to promote the activities for the development of the attribute of resilience among the students to consequently improve their academic achievement.