Abstract

The present study aims to study the relationship between living conditions, resilience and academic performance among students in the 3rd grade of the “Collège des Jeunes Filles de Bouaké”. A sample of 132 students from the 3rd grade, all female and between the ages of 13 and 16, completed a questionnaire, the Inventory for the Measurement of Forms of Resilience by Békaert et al. (2011), and an interview guide. The results of the survey show, on the one hand, that students living in difficult conditions tend to achieve poor academic performance, unlike their classmates who live in better conditions. On the other hand, the results reveal that more resilient students perform better academically than their non-resilient peers.

Keywords:

Living conditions, resilience, school performance, young girls.

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