Assessment of Resilience among Undergraduate University Students of Karachi

Abstract

University life is considered as the period of transition and students face various challenges during this developmental period. Empirical evidences find university students as the most vulnerable population for the mental health problems as compared to general population of same age. When dealing with stress, resilience serves as the protective factor that decreases the likelihood of psychopathology among students and leads them toward positive adaptation. Present study was aimed to assess the psychological resilience among undergraduate university students of Karachi with respect to gender and year of education. It was a cross-sectional analytical study conducted in two well-known universities of Karachi, i.e. University of Karachi and Jinnah University for Women. Two hundred undergraduate students (90 males and 110 females), between the age range of 18 to 30 years were approached by using random sampling technique. Present study uses ConnorDavidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) as the measure of resilience among university students. Overall, university students appeared to have moderate level of resilience. Data analysis revealed significant gender difference in the resilience scores of university students. However, year of education is not associated with difference in resilience scores. Implication of study suggests positive education of university students