Abstract
Low resilient students are vulnerable to adversities that hinder academic success and wellbeing. However, little is known about the extent of low resilience among higher education students. We searched 11 electronic education and health-science related databases. We targeted higher education journals and relevant reference lists for published and unpublished articles in English and Chinese up to January 1, 2021. The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale and the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system were used to assess individual and overall evidence. Meta-analysis was conducted for 41 cross-sectional studies using the Stata software. The pooled prevalence of low resilience was 36% among 13,931 students across 18 countries. Subgroup analysis revealed that resilience measures affected resilience prevalence significantly. A higher prevalence of low resilience was found among dance or nursing students in Europe than those in their counterparts. Univariate meta-regression random-effects analyses did not find any significant covariate effects on prevalence estimates. Quality assessment showed that majority (78.05%) of individual studies was high quality, but the overall evidence was rated low. This study provides the prevalence of low resilience in higher education, identifying vulnerable student groups for targeted intervention. Well-designed observational research with standard resilience measures is recommended for future studies.
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Chua, J.H., Cheng, C.K.T., Cheng, L.J. et al. Global prevalence of resilience in higher education students: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression. Curr Psychol 42, 22645–22663 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03366-7
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