EXPLORING THE ROLE OF RESILIENCE IN ACADEMIC SUCCESS AMONG ADOLESCENTS FACING PEER PRESSURE

Author Name: 1.Upasna Kumari, 2. Dr. Ramagya Singh

Volume/Issue: 05/09

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/02.2025-24815486/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Research Scholar, P.G. Department of Psychology, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh, India.
2. Department of Psychology Ramgarh College, Ramgarh Vinoba Bhave University, India.

ABSTRACT

This research focuses on tribal adolescent students of Ranchi District, and this research study is an attempt to examine the influence resilience has in determining academic performance for teens who have to grapple with peer pressure. Peer pressure typically exerts a tremendous influence over academic achievement during adolescence, which is considered to be one of the critical developmental phases. Resilience, or the ability to adapt, cope, and recover from adversity, is a vital factor in helping teenagers overcome the challenges that pressure by their peers poses. This paper used a qualitative descriptive research approach to investigate the relationship between resilience and the ability of a student to maintain control over peer pressure and academic motivation. The stratified random sampling technique was used to sample 200 teenagers who were both male and female, as well as urban and rural. Based on the descriptive statistic, adolescents have differed levels of resilience, especially in areas such as perseverance and self-reliance. For a correlation of peer pressure and resilience analysis, it was noted that lower resilience scores are associated with higher levels of peer pressure. This implies that the more peer pressure that is exerted against young people, the weaker that their resilience will tend to be and hence potentially negatively affecting their academic performance. Thus, it is important that this study provides emphasis on how developing resilience is critical in helping teenagers to manage peer pressure to enhance their grades and quality of general well-being.

Key words: Resilience, Academic Success, Adolescents, Peer Pressure