HARDINESS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Stress is considered as an integral part of modern life. The thematic area of coping and stress management enforced in 1979 by Kobasa introduced the concept of hardiness. This Hardiness is derived from existential psychology, which expresses general quality of an individual in regard to stressful life events as agreeable, and considers changes as a normal and interesting part of life (Kobasa et al., 1982). Components of Hardiness like challenge, commitment and control were reported by several researchers. This article also elucidates the implications of Hardiness and the ways and means to improve the Hardiness among youth.