Evaluation of Spiritual Resilience of Adolescents after Natural Disasters

Spiritual resilience is one of the criteria for measuring individual resilience most considered in Islamic societies. The study aimed to evaluate the spiritual resilience level of flooded areas in 2018.

This was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. The studied population was first and second-high school students in flood-stricken areas of Golestan province. Sampling was done as a cluster from different disciplines of girls' and boys' schools. To evaluate students' spiritual resilience level, the tool "Adolescent Resilience in Disasters" was used with Cronbach's alpha of 0.86. Descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and analytical (Pearson correlation, ANOVA, T-test) statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 22 software.

The results showed that girls have more spiritual resilience than boys. Age, gender, level of education, and living area are among the influential factors in the resilience of adolescents in disasters.

Spiritual resilience affects the level of students' resilience directly and indirectly. The level of resilience in adolescents during accidents and disasters can help their mental health.