RESUMEN
Background: In a day to day life we come across many hassles in our life and these hassles sometimesbecomes stressors. Adolescence is a period of transitional stage with physical and psychological developmentwherein they face many such challenges and stressors. It depends on the individual ability, cognition andframe of life which help them to cope with stressors. The present study explores the relationship betweenresilience, emotional stability and perceived stress between boys and girls.Methodology: The participants 10th graders, boys and girls were administered three scales, Resilience scaleby Wagnild and Young, Emotional stability scale by A. S. Patel and Perceived stress scale by SheldonCohen. The data was analyzed, using the t test and correlational coefficient.Results: A significant negative correlation was found between resilience and perceived stress (r = -.123) andfor emotional stability and perceived stress (r = - 0.206). A significant positive correlation was found betweenresilience and emotional stability (r = 0.104). The t values indicate that there was no significant genderdifference in resilience, emotional stability and perceived scores. The t values obtained for resilience,emotional stability and perceived stress scores of boys and girls having both parents working or single parentworking did not indicate any significant difference.Conclusion: A significant negative correlation was found between resilience and perceived stress and foremotional stability and perceived stress. A significant positive correlation was found between resilience andemotional stability. There was no significant gender difference in the three variables and no difference in thethree variables for boys and girls of single parent/both parents working.