This study mainly focused on constructing resilient qualities in social orphans in Myanmar through the Dhamma School-based wellbeing intervention. Prince-Embury (2008) explains that with regard to personal resiliency, “the individual brings to the circumstance personal strengths that make him/her less vulnerable, which serve as buffers to damage, and empower him or her to cope with and recover from adverse circumstances.” This study was designed as a quantitative and qualitative mixed research with three main phases. In the quantitative part, the Resiliency Scale for Children and Adolescents (RSCA) and the scale for children’s demographic characteristics were used to survey 997 middle school students from nine monastic schools. A quasi-experimental research approach was used to examine the effectiveness of the Dhamma School-based program. Fourty-four children were evenly divided into two groups (the intervention group and a comparison group with zero treatment). According to the results of a Spearman correlation analysis that was conducted, key demographic variables at individual, family, and community levels were found to be significantly associated with certain types of resiliency constructs and overall resiliency as well. The results of an ordinal logistic regression revealed the predictors of demographic variables for each resiliency constructs. Statistical measures of paired sample t-test, ANCOVA, a one-way and two-way repeated measure ANOVA showed that intervention made a significant improvement in the areas of mastery, relatedness, and emotional stability. In addition, their current conditions and the beneficial impact of intervention in enhancing personal strengths were defined based on the interview results. The findings of this study provide empirical evidence to the authorities concerned and stakeholders in the context of social welfare for needy children and its suggestions contribute to the advancement of realistic educational programs and, consequently, mental health as a whole.
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