Abstract

The implementation of lockdown measures designed to stop the propagation of the COVID-19 pandemic represents a significant disruption in the lives of university students. The objective of this study was to assess the resilience levels of university students in relation to sociodemographic data during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and identify resilience-promoting factors. A longitudinal quantitative study was carried out during the Fall 2020 semester with a sample of 621 participants drawn from across all departments and levels of study at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue and using the 25-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 25). Sixty-eight percent of students in the sample obtained CD-RISC 25 resilience scores ranging between 51 to 81 (65.9 ± 15.3). The overall median score of the sample was 66.6. Quartile classification shows that both the overall mean and median scores fall within the moderately resilient category. In conclusion, it was found that individual students’ resilience correlates with age, gender, sociocultural identity, civil status, and enrollment status.