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Empowering Students through Adversity Quotient towards Resilience


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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public, India
2 Grade 12 Psychology Student, Department of Psychology, Sanskriti School Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India
     

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Amalgamating three concepts of mettle under a singular umbrella, the present paper presents an explicit linkage between empowering stamina, adversity quotient, and resilient undertakings. Uplifted to a level of escalated supremacy as COVID-19 pandemic induces adverse circumstance never-before experienced by the student population; extending to spheres of physicality and bodily empowerment, emotional and psychological strength surrounding resilience, and capability to regulate self in the face of academic hindrances. Intricately formulating an association between the three arenas and techniques and strategies, infused with their pragmatic appeal, the present research assists in enabling the development of adversity quotient and resilient levels via the utilization of the tool of empowerment.

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empowerment, students, adversity quotient, resilience
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Authors

Nayanika Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public, India
Gurnoor Kaur Suri
Grade 12 Psychology Student, Department of Psychology, Sanskriti School Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India

Abstract


Amalgamating three concepts of mettle under a singular umbrella, the present paper presents an explicit linkage between empowering stamina, adversity quotient, and resilient undertakings. Uplifted to a level of escalated supremacy as COVID-19 pandemic induces adverse circumstance never-before experienced by the student population; extending to spheres of physicality and bodily empowerment, emotional and psychological strength surrounding resilience, and capability to regulate self in the face of academic hindrances. Intricately formulating an association between the three arenas and techniques and strategies, infused with their pragmatic appeal, the present research assists in enabling the development of adversity quotient and resilient levels via the utilization of the tool of empowerment.

Keywords


empowerment, students, adversity quotient, resilience

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2022%2Fv13i1%2F212306