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Αλέξανδρος Σταμάτιος Αντωνίου, Αναπληρωτής καθηγητής, ΠΤΔΕ, ΕΚΠΑ.
Summary:
The present research work relates to the study of the resilience, anxiety, stress and hope that pupils present during adolescence. The aim of the paper is to present a theoretical framework of resilience, the central idea of which is the optimistic view that people have the potential to come back from negative experiences and often become stronger through the process of dealing with unpleasant experiences. On the other hand, this study demonstrates the ways in which an adolescent's personality is affected by anxiety and stress, and the role of hope in it. Taking into account the research framework of the previous researches, as with the theoretical structure they built, the researcher seeks to study the level of resilience that pupils exhibit during adolescence, as well as the effect of the stress on it. Furthermore, "hope" has been studied as a last resort that is likely to influence the building of resilience. The research conducted by the researcher is appropriate to the quantitative approach, as a closed-ended questionnaire was given to collect the empirical material. The questionnaire is consisted of demographics, the Children's Hope Scale, the Depression, Stress and Stress Measurement Scale (DASS-21), and the READ and THE CYRM-12 scales that measure the resilience of children and adolescents. The sample consisted of adolescents studying during the current school period in the last grade of elementary school, but also in the three grades of high school. The main findings of the research are that anxiety, stress and depression are inversely depending on hope.
In addition, it was found that adolescent’s resilience is "decommissioned", and hope is "generated" and "grown" when there is a great deal of coherence within the family context, developed social and personal skills, diversity of social resources and orientation towards specific goals. Furthermore, the nuclear family as well as the high educational level of parents are positively correlated with hope, resilience, and both of these contribute to the fight against anxiety, stress, and adolescent depression. Finally, a significant statistical result is that increasing the number of siblings in a family entails reducing the adolescent's hope and resilience and increasing depression.
Keywords:
Resilience, anxiety, stress, hope, adolescence
