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The Effects Of The Diversion Program On Student Resilience, Mandi L. Merrill Aug 2023

The Effects Of The Diversion Program On Student Resilience, Mandi L. Merrill

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The current study examined whether The Diversion Program is associated with an increase in student resilience. Fifty-one students 10- 18 years old participated in this study. Participants completed a resilience measure reflecting the multiple pathways and processes embedded in different contexts. A pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate the effects of the Diversion Program on students' resilience. As predicted, students’ resilience increased significantly from the pretest to the posttest. Results demonstrated the promise that resilience depends more on what we receive than what we have. This study serves as a beginning point to guide future resilience research, practice, and implementation …