The Correlates of Psychological Resilience in Turkish Adolescents During The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Authors : Sema Durmuş Haşimi, Özden Yalçınkaya Alkar
Pages : 362-376
Doi:10.26466/opusjsr.1520935
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Publication Date : 2024-10-15
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Adolescents, already in a vulnerable state due to the challenges of adolescence, were among risk groups to develop psychosocial and emotional problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research conducted with adolescents identified psychological resilience as one of the protective factors which helped them cope better with pandemic-related adversities. The aim of this systematic review is to determine the correlates of Turkish adolescents’ psychological resilience to gain a better understanding of its protective role during the pandemic. Using the related keywords (Turkish adolescents, students, psychological resilience, COVID-19 Pandemic) and limiting the publication period as 2020-2024, a database search was conducted, in which 340 articles were identified. 10 articles that met the eligibility criteria were included in the systematic review. By reviewing the articles systematically, doing exercise, emotional flexibility, spirituality, hope, parental and peer support, financial support, psycho-education programs supporting pandemic-specific coping, and certain personality traits including openness to new experience, extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness were identified as variables that are positively correlated with psychological resilience. On the other hand, fear of COVID-19, anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), smartphone addiction, playing digital games, online education, exam anxiety and neuroticism are variables that have negative correlation with psychological resilience. Based on the results, it appears that during the COVID-19 pandemic, psychological resilience, in relation with other individual and social/contextual protective factors, functioned as a psychological buffer against psychological problems for Turkish adolescents.
Keywords : Türk ergenler, öğrenciler, psikolojik sağlamlık, COVID 19 Pandemisi

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