The Impact of College Adult Learners’ Resilience on Interpersonal Problems

This study aimed to investigate the effect of resilience on interpersonal problems in college adult learners. To this end, we conducted an interpersonal problem and resilience test on 102 adult learners enrolled at K college in Daegu, and analyzed the results. The research questions were set as to what the relationship is between resilience and interpersonal problems in college adult learners, and what the effect of resilience on interpersonal problems in college adult learners. The results of the study showed that the total score and three sub-factors of resilience in university adult learners were higher than the average of Koreans, and that resilience in university adult learners was negatively correlated with the personality disorder scale and the prototypical scale of interpersonal problems. In other words, the higher the resilience, the more effectively one can cope with interpersonal problems or conflicts. Among the sub-factors of resilience, interpersonal ability was found to have a significant effect on the overall interpersonal problems. Future research should include studies targeting a larger number of university adult learners in more diverse regions, and should suggest various programs and alternatives that can improve the resilience and interpersonal skills of university adult learners.