ERIC Number: EJ1461699
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6807
Available Date: 2024-12-21
Resilience in Turkish Adolescents from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds: The Role of Courage, Self-Compassion, and Prosocial Behavior Tendencies
Psychology in the Schools, v62 n4 p1026-1038 2025
This study examined the direct and indirect relationships among resilience, its individual-level protective factors (i.e., courage and self-compassion), and its positive outcomes (i.e., prosocial behavior tendencies) in a sample of adolescents from low socioeconomic backgrounds in Türkiye (Turkey). Quantitative data were collected through surveys from 1030 adolescents across seven Anatolian High Schools, which were selected using cluster sampling. A path analysis, which is a specific form of structural equation modeling, was used to test the proposed model and investigate the direct and indirect relationships. Results revealed positive associations between courage, self-compassion, and resilience. Resilience was positively linked with all subscales of prosocial behavior tendencies. Moreover, courage demonstrated both direct associations with self-compassion and indirect associations with prosocial behavior tendencies through self-compassion and resilience. Unexpectedly, self-compassion was negatively linked to all subscales of prosocial behavior tendencies. These findings demonstrated that the interplay among resilience, its predictors, and outcomes is complex and not always straightforward.
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Daily Living Skills, Correlation, Prosocial Behavior, Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns, High School Students, Socioeconomic Background, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries, Low Income Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Educational Sciences, Psychological Counseling and Guidance Division, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey