Resilience and academic performance: Exploring the link in dental students.

This study aims to assess the correl ation between t he resilience level of dental students (preclinical and clinical years) and its effects on their academic performance. It is a correlational research study that was carried out on second, third, and final-yea r denta l students at Lahore Medical & Dental College, Lahore. Academic resilience was judged by using the academic resilience scale (ARS-30). The correlation between resilience and academic performance was e s tablished by appl ying the bivar iate Pea rso n correlation. The mean age of the stude nt s was 2 1.49±1.39 years. Among 196 dental students from different years, 132 (67.35%) were females and 64(32.65%) were males. A strong p ositive co rrelati on was obser ved bet ween the academic performance and resilience of denta l students, i.e. r=0.774. From the results, it can be concluded that there is a positive correlation between academic resilience and academic performance among dental students.