Abstract:
This research was divided into 2 parts, survey and experimental. Study 1 investigated the resilience and coping strategies of early adolescents. Participants were 634 junior high school students. The instrument used were The Adolescent Resiliency Attitude Scale and the Coping Scale. Data was analyzed using a two-way ANOVA design followed by post-hoc multiple comparisons with Tukey test. The main findings were as follows.1) The early adolescents had a moderately high resilience with high relationships attribute. 2) The students reported greater use of effective means of coping: problem-focused and social support seeking strategies, and moderately use of in effective means of coping: avoidance strategies. 3) Female students had higher resilience, and used more problem-focused coping than male students. 4) Students with high and moderate academic achievement had higher resilience, and used more problem-focused and social support seeking strategies than those with low academic achievement. 5) Resilience had positive relationships with problem focused and social support seeking strategies. Study 2 investigated the effects of group counseling on resilience and coping strategies of early adolescents. The participants were 36 students in Mathayomsuksa three drawn from 634 students in Study 1. Eighteen students who volunteered to participate in the group were assigned to 2 experimental groups, and the other 18 students were assigned to the control group. The experimental group participated in reality therapy group for 11 sessions, over a period of 6 consecutive weeks, which made approximately 20 hours. The Adolescent Resiliency Attitude Scale and the Coping Scale were then readministered as post-tests to evaluate treatment effects. The t test was utilized for data analysis. The results were as follows: 1) For the experimental group, the posttest scores on resilience and problem-focused coping were higher, and those scores on avoidance coping were lower, than its pretest scores. 2) For post-treatment results the experimental group participants had higher resilience, and lower avoidance strategies than did the control group participants.