The Effect of Resilience on The Mental Health of Foreign Students in University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh- India

Abstract

The present study explores the effect of the resilience on the mental health of foreign students of University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – India. This is a quantitative study and is administered to 71 foreign students (44 males and 27 females) and 60 national students (22 males and 38 females). Instruments for this study such as Brief Resilience Scale and Positive Mental Health scale were used for the collection of data. Two ways ANOVA were used for the analysis of data. The result showed that the mean score of resilience test of foreign students are low comparing with national students. Mean score for male foreign students is 2.5 and for female foreign students is 1.5. Mean score of mental health test of foreign student also low comparing with national students. Mean score for male foreign students is 25.90 and for female foreign students is 16.07. Foreign students from African country are more resilience and have good mental health comparing with students from another country.