Psychological Resilience and Its Relationship to Marital Adjustment among Married Female Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the psychological resilience among married female students. The study investigated the relationship between students’ psychological resilience and the variables: family income and having children, in addition to reveal the predictive value of psychological resilience on marital adjustment among those students. The study was carried out on a sample of (107) married female students from the Hashemite university. Moreover, the study used psychological resilience and marital adjustment scales. The findings of the study showed that there was a high level of psychological resilience among the sample, family income and having children were shown to have no effects on the level of psychological resilience among them. Furthermore, psychological resilience proved to be a good predictor of marital adjustment among married female students. Finally, researchers are recommending providing special counseling programs for married female students in the universities to help them maintain the high level of psychological resilience