Abstract
<p style="text-align:justify">The purpose of this study is to examine the mediator role of cognitive flexibility and difficulties in emotion regulation in the relationship between resilience and distress tolerance amongst college students. The sample of the study involved 1114 students (771 females, 343 males) from various universities in Turkey. The mean age of the sample was 20.65 (Sd=2.77). The Resilience Scale, Distress Tolerance Scale, Cognitive Flexibility Scale, and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) had been used to collect data. In this study, a Serial Multiple Mediation Model was used, as proposed by Hayes. The findings showed that people with a higher level of distress tolerance possess higher degrees of cognitive flexibility and that cognitively more flexible individuals experience less difficulty in emotion regulation, and thus, lower levels of difficulty in emotion regulation were associated with an increase in resilience. Furthermore, the model in its entirety had proven to be statistically significant, accounting for 42% of the total variance.</p>
Highlights
Over the past decade, mental health professionals have indicated that there is a rising number of college students facing many mental health issues, especially psychological problems, compared to previous generations (Benton, Robertson, Tseng, Newton, & Benton, 2003; Eisenberg, Hunt, & Speer, 2013; Galatzer-Levy, Burton & Bonanno, 2012; Tavolacci et al, 2013)
The purpose of this study is to examine the mediator role of cognitive flexibility and difficulties in emotion regulation in the relationship between resilience and distress tolerance amongst college students
This study has examined the mediator role of cognitive flexibility and the difficulties in emotion regulation, which affect the relationships between resilience and distress tolerance among college students
Summary
Mental health professionals have indicated that there is a rising number of college students facing many mental health issues, especially psychological problems, compared to previous generations (Benton, Robertson, Tseng, Newton, & Benton, 2003; Eisenberg, Hunt, & Speer, 2013; Galatzer-Levy, Burton & Bonanno, 2012; Tavolacci et al, 2013). In the United Kingdom, students who have applied for psychological help from university counseling services generally have a higher number of mental health problems. Of these students, nearly a third have serious mental health problems at a clinical level (Association of University College Counselling, 2011)
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