en بهداشت عمومی Public Health پژوهشي Research <br> <br> <br> <br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">.</span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:115%"><b>Background:</b> Considering the importance of mental abilities in continuing education in students, the present study was conducted to determine the role of psychological toughness and resilience in predicting the psychological differentiation of female students of the second level of high school in Bandar Abbas city. </span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b>Methods:</b> The current research method was a correlational description. The statistical population of the research was made up of all female students of second-secondary education in Bandar Abbas city in the academic year of 2024. Several 380 people were selected as a sample by cluster random sampling method. The research tools were Skorn and Friedlander&#39;s self-differentiation questionnaires, Kubasa&#39;s psychological toughness, and Connor and Davidson&#39;s resilience scale. Data were analyzed using Pearson&#39;s correlation test and multivariate regression. </span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b>Results:</b> The results showed that psychological toughness (R = 0.23 & P < 0.01) and all its components and resilience (R = 0.26 & P < 0.01) and all its components have a positive and significant relationship with psychological differentiation in students. Also, the results of the regression analysis showed that psychological toughness (&beta; = 0.26 & P < 0.01) and resilience (&beta; = 0.30 & P < 0.01) can positively and meaningfully predict differentiation in students.</span><br> <span style="line-height:115%">&nbsp;<b>Conclusion:</b> using the results of this research and considering the identification of factors affecting differentiation, it is suggested to pay special attention to the field of increasing the characteristics of psychological toughness and resilience of students.</span></span></span><br> <br> <strong><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">This article has been updated due to an error in the names of the authors: <a href="https://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-1153-en.html">https://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-1153-en.html</a></span></span></strong><br> &nbsp;</div> Self-differentiation, students, resilience psychological 285 293 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2251-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Azita Khanjani 0009-0000-8841-4424 No Clinical Psychology, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran Ashraf Beirami drashrafbeirami@iau.ir 0000-0002-4771-8509 Yes Department of Nursing, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran Moosa Javdan 0000-00002-6235-0394 No Department of Counseling and Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran