Developmental studies have identified a number of risk and protective factors related to the development of resilience. Protective factors include: a supportive environment, socioeconomic or cultural resources, participatian in cultural and social activities and a self-esteem or self-efficacy. Playing and watching music is one way in which a child may participate in social activity. This research aims to explore whether there is difference between the resilience of elementary school pupils who attend music school and those who are not involved in any additional music education. In addition to this we will examine differences in relation to gender. The sample will consist of a convenience sample of approximately 200 pupils from the final grades of elementary school and final grades of elementary music school (100 from each group). We will use the Ungar's Child Resilience Measure (CYRM-28) and the The Kidscreen Questionaire-52, (Croatian version). The collected data will be processed using statistical methods. Preliminary results will be presented at the ISPA 2018 conference. The results obtained could be used to inform our understanding of resilience in elementary school students.

Psihologija,Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)