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The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health urged that mental health services be transformed from a reactive approach of treatment to a proactive one of prevention and building resilience. In response, the present study delineates the role of resilience in reducing psychopathology.

The study examined the mediational role of resilience (positive thinking, tenacity and help-seeking), on the relationship between coping (approach and avoidance) and psychopathology (anxiety, depression, anger and aggression).

Adolescents (n = 719) aged 14–15 completed questionnaires assessing study variables in school settings.

Mediation analysis using Structural Equation Modeling found that resilience factors mediated the approach coping …