Home⇛Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives⇛vol. 4 no. 4 (2026)

Faith and Resiliency Among Senior High School Students: The Mediating Role of Adaptability

Noel P. Munda | Rey D. Metran

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

There has been growing concern about the psychological well-being of senior high school students in recent years, especially regarding their ability to manage academic stress and the challenges posed by their socioeconomic circumstances. This study examined the mediating effect of adaptability on the link between faith and resilience among grade 11 and 12 students at a senior high school in Leyte Province, enrolled in 2024–2025. It bridged the gap by determining the perceived level of faith, adaptability, and resiliency of the students, tested the significant difference in the students' level of faith, adaptability, and resiliency with respect to their age, sex, religious affiliation, and total family income, evaluated the effect of faith and adaptability of students on their resiliency, and explored the mediating effect of adaptability between the link of faith and resiliency. The researchers employed the descriptive, comparative, and predictive designs. 258 respondents responded to the valid and reliable survey instruments. Researchers utilized the weighted mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis test, multiple linear regression bootstrap technique, and mediated regression bootstrap technique. This study discovered very high levels of faith, adaptability, and resiliency among respondents. It further found significant differences in faith with respect to students’ total family income and in resilience with respect to age. Regression revealed a significant effect of adaptability and faith on students’ resiliency, and adaptability had a mediating effect between faith and resiliency. This study had strong implications for the school administrators, religious leaders, senior high school teachers, and future researchers.



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