Descriptive Insights into University Students’ Academic Resilience, Stress Management Strategies, and Academic Achievement

Abstract

The prevalent levels of academic resilience, stress coping strategies, and academic performance of Pakistani higher education students were analyzed in this paper. In contemporary academic institutions, students are usually confronted with stresses that can impair their academic achievement. These challenges have been termed as academic resilience, which is labelled as the capacity of students to overcome these challenges and cope with them successfully, and it has been reported to be one of the important factors in maintaining academic performance as well. The research study was done employing a quantitative and cross-sectional survey design which involved selection of 330 students of the public and private universities in Punjab, Pakistan, who were used as a sample of the study, while sampling was done based on multistage sampling. The data were collected using academic resilience, stress management strategies, and academic performance scales and was analyzed through SPSS (version 27). Descriptive statistics comprised frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation, and ranking. The results revealed that the students in the university indicated that their academic resilience, stress management strategies, and academic success were higher than average. The findings suggested that such activities which promote resilience and management of stress may be significant in improving education. The study also has significant implications for education policy, university counselling programs, and curriculum development that is dependent on student well-being and performance