Investigating the Effect of School Climate on Adolescents’ Psychological Resilience and Healthy Lifestyle Beliefs

Objective: Adolescents are prone to many unhealthy behaviors and psychological problems such as anxiety. It is fair to say that the psychological resilience and healthy life behaviors of students who spend most of this transition period in school are largely influenced by the school climate. Methods: This descriptive, correlational study was conducted to examine the effect of school climate on adolescents' psychological resilience and healthy lifestyle beliefs. A total of 767 students were included in the study. To ensure a homogeneous distribution of students, a stratified random sample was drawn by school and the data were collected by the researchers in the classroom after informing the students about the study. The research data were collected using the ‘Adolescent Data Collection Form’, ‘Delaware School Climate Survey’, ‘Child and Youth Resilience Measure’, and ‘Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale for Adolescents’. Results: In this study, which aimed to investigate the effects of school climate on psychological resilience and healthy lifestyle beliefs of adolescents, it was found that there was a moderate positive relationship between school climate and students' psychological resilience and healthy lifestyle beliefs. A number of factors have been identified as contributors to school climate, including gender, feeling healthy, and the resilience of children and youth. Conclusions: The results of this study show that school climate is important for adolescents' psychological resilience and healthy life beliefs.