The effect of training on psychological stress resiliency of female students living in dormitories

The aim of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of resiliency training on stress reduction of high school students living in dormitories. To achieve this goal, from the target population, which included all the high school students living in dormitories in Abadeh, a sample 30 students were selected by purposive sampling and were randomly assigned into two groups of experimental (15) and control (15). This study is a quasi-experimental design with pretest, post-test, and follow-up design. The experimental group received nine sessions of twist resiliency training. Stress scale was used as a measurement instrument. In order to analyze the data, independent-samples t-test was used. There were significant differences between the experimental and control group. This means that resiliency training program significantly reduces the stress scores of the control group in comparison to experimental group. The results showed that resiliency training program can be useful as an intervention method for reducing the stress if applied to the students.