Effectiveness of Resilience Skills Building Training on Resilience of Adolescents: A Pre-Post Experimental Design

The present research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of resilience skill building training for improving resilience as demonstrated by an increased sense of mastery and relatedness along with reduced emotional reactivity in adolescents.A total of 64 participants were selected through purposive sampling and divided equally into two groups i.e., experimental and wait list control groups.Matched group technique based on (age, gender, and grade) was used.The participants were selected from different private schools and colleges in Karachi.The experimental group received 12 training sessions twice a week.The waitlist control group participants received the same training after follow-up.The pre-post-training scores on resilience were measured by using Resiliency Scale for Children and Adolescents (RSCA; Prince-Embury, 2006).The results on ANOVA repeated measure showed that resilience skills building training significantly improved overall resilience as demonstrated by an increased sense of mastery and relatedness along with reduced emotional reactivity in adolescents, as indicated by increased resources and decreased vulnerability, while the results of an independent samples t-test showed that resilience-building training improved overall resilience as demonstrated by an increased sense of mastery and relatedness along with reduced emotional reactivity of in adolescents, as indicated by increased resources and decreased vulnerability in comparison with wait-list control groups.It can be concluded that resilience-building training is a beneficial strengthbased strategy for overcoming obstacles, managing stress, and developing unique traits in adolescents.These programs can help adolescents to overcome setbacks and prepare them for adulthood.