Personal resource gains
Effective coping builds academic buoyancy, and academic buoyancy builds achievement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21297054 |
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| Authors | Dave W Putwain (0000-0001-5196-4270, School of Education Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK, corresponding author), Linda J Nicholson (0000-0001-9255-9650, School of Education Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK), Laura J Nicholson (Liverpool John Moores University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjep.70074 |
| PMID | 41806291 |
| OpenAlex | W7134943235 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 58 |
BACKGROUND: Academic buoyancy is conceptualized as students' capacity to cope with academic challenges. Studies that examine how academic buoyancy and coping responses are reciprocally related, or that include relations with achievement, are lacking. AIMS: The study examined reciprocal relations among academic buoyancy, coping and achievement. SAMPLE: The sample comprised students aged 16-19 years in upper secondary education. At the first wave of data collection, there were 533 students (138 male, mean age = 16.4 years). METHODS: Data were collected in five waves over two school years. Achievement was collected in waves one, three and five. Academic buoyancy and coping were measured in waves two and four via self-report questionnaires. RESULTS: Data were analysed in a structural equation model. Adaptive coping positively and non-adaptive coping negatively predicted subsequent academic buoyancy. Additionally, academic buoyancy predicted subsequent achievement. A positive indirect relation from adaptive coping to subsequent achievement was mediated by adaptive coping. CONCLUSIONS: The findings show that personal resources can operate in cycles of resource gain as 'co-travellers'; effective coping can build academic buoyancy, and academic buoyancy can lead to better achievement. Moreover, study support for students could include ways to develop effective coping responses.
Coping (psychology) · Coping behavior · Resource (disambiguation) · Resource use · Stressor · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Sport Psychology and Performance
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