Development of stress resilience in high school students through physical culture and sports

The purpose of the study is to develop and experimentally justify the effectiveness of using physical culture and sports tools in both curricular and extracurricular activities to foster stress resilience among senior high school students. Research methods and organization. Methods of analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature, pedagogical observations, survey in the form of questionnaires, natural pedagogical experiment, and methods of mathematical statistics were used. The study was conducted in September and December 2025 at Secondary School No. 19 in Irkutsk. Research results and conclusions. During the implementation of the developed activity program into the educational process, a positive impact of physical culture and sports on the development of stress resilience among senior students was observed. The obtained data confirm that senior students who possess positive social skills, maintain good relationships within a group, participate in sports activities, demonstrate high levels of physical activity, and work on self-regulation and self-control skills are less susceptible to the risk of deviant behavior and anxiety.