Page No 238-244
Santosh S. Shende, Gauri S Kadam and Rajendra S Mhaske
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
While a qualitative study on Anglo-Indians suggests their relative ease in adapting to
Australia due to shared Western cultural values and British heritage, there’s a scarcity
of studies focusing on the adjustments of Indians in Australia. Challenges might arise,
particularly for first-generation Indian Australians, due to their transnational connections
and values from their homeland. This adjustment difficulty may potentially impact secondgeneration Australians raised in Australia by immigrant parents, especially in terms of
their value systems at home and in broader society. This study is aimed at finding out
the relationship between Resilience, Positive attachment, and Transition behaviour
among second-generation Indian-Australian Teenagers. Data was gathered from a total
of 180 adolescents of both Genders (Male N= 107, Female N= 73), Resiliency Scales
for Children and Adolescents (RSCA) by Sandra Prince-Embury and Bell Relationship
Inventory for Adolescents by Morris D Bell, (BRIA) and Transition Behaviour Scale 3rd
Edition TBS-3 by Stephan B McCarney & Tamara J Arthaud were the tools used.
Pearson’s product-moment correlation revealed that all three variables are significantly
correlated. The results also show that resilience is a significant predictor of transition
behaviour. There was no gender difference observed on positive attachment, resilience,
and transition behaviour in the male and female populations.