Investigation of the relationship between psychological resilience levels, self-compassion and hope of adolescents

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between adolescents' levels of resilience, self-compassion and hope. The participants of the study consisted of a total of 1365 adolescents who are 834 female and 531 male, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades, who were educated in secondary schools in the city center of Burdur in the 2022-2023 academic year. In the study, Personal Information Form, Child and Youth Resilience Scale (ÇGPSÖ-12), Self-Compassion Short Form (SSS-SF) and Continuous Hope Scale (STS) were used as data collection tools. SPSS v27 package program was used to analyze the data. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis, Hierarchical Regression Analysis, t Test and One Way (ANOVA) were used in the analysis of the data. Variables of demographic information such as gender, marital status of parents (togetherness), perceived family financial status, academic achievement status, whether or not the adolescent has chronic physical, mental and psychological disorders, and whether or not the adolescent has experienced significant life events were included in the study. As a result of the study, it was determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between resilience and self-compassion, and between resilience and hope. In addition, as a result of the Hierarchical Regression Analysis, it was seen that self-compassion and hope predict psychological resilience. When the difference between the variables is examined; that the psychological resilience levels of adolescents did not differ significantly according to the gender variable; It was concluded that the variables differed significantly according to the variables of parental marital status, perceived family financial status, academic achievement status, whether there was chronic physical, mental and psychological discomfort, and whether or not they had significant life events. As a result, in this study, it was determined that self-compassion and hope are important predictors of adolescents' resilience levels.