مجلة روافد للدراسات و الأبحاث العلمية في العلوم الاجتماعية والإنسانية
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 607-622
2025-06-01

Cognitive Flexibility As A Factor Of Academic Resilience: A Theoretical Perspective

Authors : Bedreddine Lydia . Bouzid Baa Saliha .

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between cognitive flexibility and academic resilience. Cognitive flexibility is defined as the ability to adjust strategies and to adapt student’s thinking according to a changing environment. Academic resilience is the capacity of students to adapt and to overcome school challenges. This review aims to understand cognitive flexibility and academic resilience and to illustrate the importance of cognitive flexibility in academic resilience as a protective factor. Therefore, the results indicate a significant positive correlation between cognitive flexibility and academic resilience. Students with high cognitive flexibility cope better with academic challenges. In conclusion, Cognitive flexibility emerge as an important protective factor to promote academic resilience among students.

Keywords

Cognitive flexibility ; Academic resilience ; school ; students