Academic resilience is regarded as one of the indicators of adjustment with the university life pressure and setbacks.
It is the strongest predictor of enjoyment of study, class participation, and general self-esteem. There has been
relatively less research focusing on academic resilience. In Egypt, there is no scale for the measurement of
academic resilience. Therefore, this article attempts to ensure that the Academic Resilience Scale (ARS) is suitable
for assessing academic resilience of Egyptian university students. It also investigates gender differences in
academic resilience and its relation to academic achievement of the 100 participants (57 male and 43 female
students). Results of exploratory factor analysis showed that the scale is valid and reliable. A statistically significant
difference was found among males and females in academic resilience, in favor of males. The correlation between
academic resilience score and age was also analysed, but no significant result was found. A statistically significant
relationship was found between academic resilience and achievement.
Keywords: Academic Resilience Scale (ARS), validity, reliability
Introduction