Iranian Evolutionary Educational Psychology Journal

en The Effectiveness of Resilience Training on Flourishing and Sense of Coherence in Elementary School Children روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;">Objective: Childhood is a critical period for the development of resilient psychological structures. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of resilience training on flourishing and sense of coherence among primary school children. Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental design with a pretest–posttest and a control group. The statistical population consisted of all primary school students in Tehran during the 2024–2025 academic year. From this population, 40 students were selected using cluster sampling and randomly assigned to an experimental group (20 participants) and a control group (20 participants). The research instruments included the Flourishing Scale (Diener et al., 2008) and the Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (Antonovsky, 1987). The experimental group received a resilience training program (adapted from Hossein Sabet’s protocol, 2012) in eight 60‑minute sessions, while the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) in SPSS‑22. Results: The results indicated that resilience training had a significant effect on improving both dependent variables (p < 0.01). The findings showed that the intervention explained 51% of the variance in flourishing. In addition, significant differences were observed between the two groups in all three components of sense of coherence: comprehensibility (32.5%), manageability (27.9%), and meaningfulness (29.1%). These results indicate the sustained effectiveness of the training in shaping children’s worldview and coping capacity. Conclusions: By strengthening skills such as self-awareness, problem solving, and emotion regulation, resilience training not only promotes children’s flourishing and vitality but also helps develop a coherent mental structure that increases their resistance to environmental stressors. Therefore, implementing this educational program in schools is recommended as a preventive strategy.</div> Resilience Training, Flourishing, Sense of Coherence, Primary School Students 0 0 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1199-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Rashin Kazeminejad rashink@iau.ac.ir 0000-0002-0000-0000 No M.A. in Educational Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Gholamreza Azizi azizigh@iau.ac.ir 0000-0002-0000-0000 Yes Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Humanities, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran Katayoun Haddadi haddadik@iau.ac.ir 0000-0002-0000-0000 No Department of Psychology, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran