Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context

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Autor(a) principal: Brites, Rute Sofia Ribeiro
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Brandão, Tânia, Hipólito, João, Ros, Antonia, Nunes, O.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9531
Resumo: The COVID‐19 pandemic had a huge impact on people's lives due to the fear of getting infected and having the disease, as well as the necessary prevention and containment measures. University students were one of the most affected groups, as they were forced to cope with significant life changes. However, not all displayed symptoms of psychological distress, which means that internal resources such as emotional regulation and resilience may have acted as protective variables. This cross‐sectional study aimed to examine the extent to which the relationship between emotion regulation and stress, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms was mediated by resilience in a sample of university students. Results showed that emotion regulation strategies were positively associated with lower mental health. Some resilience dimensions mediated these relationships, with perception‐of‐self mediating all associations. Planned future mediated the association between emotion regulation and depression, family cohesion mediated the relation between emotion regulation and stress, and social resources mediated the association of cognitive reappraisal with anxiety and PTSD by suppressing the direct positive relationship. These results highlight the relevance of resilience as a key resource in coping effectively with the uncertainties, and changes that arise during stressful periods such as a pandemic.
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spelling Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic contextCOVID‐19Emotion regulationMental healthResilienceUniversity studentsThe COVID‐19 pandemic had a huge impact on people's lives due to the fear of getting infected and having the disease, as well as the necessary prevention and containment measures. University students were one of the most affected groups, as they were forced to cope with significant life changes. However, not all displayed symptoms of psychological distress, which means that internal resources such as emotional regulation and resilience may have acted as protective variables. This cross‐sectional study aimed to examine the extent to which the relationship between emotion regulation and stress, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms was mediated by resilience in a sample of university students. Results showed that emotion regulation strategies were positively associated with lower mental health. Some resilience dimensions mediated these relationships, with perception‐of‐self mediating all associations. Planned future mediated the association between emotion regulation and depression, family cohesion mediated the relation between emotion regulation and stress, and social resources mediated the association of cognitive reappraisal with anxiety and PTSD by suppressing the direct positive relationship. These results highlight the relevance of resilience as a key resource in coping effectively with the uncertainties, and changes that arise during stressful periods such as a pandemic.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTWiley-Liss Inc.Repositório do ISPABrites, Rute Sofia RibeiroBrandão, TâniaHipólito, JoãoRos, AntoniaNunes, O.2024-02-02T15:49:56Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9531engBrites, R., Brandão, T., Hipólito, J., Ros, A., & Nunes, O. (2024). Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context. Psychology in the Schools, 61(1), 304–328. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.230551520680710.1002/pits.23055info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-04T02:16:01Zoai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/9531Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:08:14.911767Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
title Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
spellingShingle Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
Brites, Rute Sofia Ribeiro
COVID‐19
Emotion regulation
Mental health
Resilience
University students
title_short Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
title_full Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
title_fullStr Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
title_full_unstemmed Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
title_sort Emotion regulation, resilience, and mental health: A mediation study with university students in the pandemic context
author Brites, Rute Sofia Ribeiro
author_facet Brites, Rute Sofia Ribeiro
Brandão, Tânia
Hipólito, João
Ros, Antonia
Nunes, O.
author_role author
author2 Brandão, Tânia
Hipólito, João
Ros, Antonia
Nunes, O.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório do ISPA
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Brites, Rute Sofia Ribeiro
Brandão, Tânia
Hipólito, João
Ros, Antonia
Nunes, O.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID‐19
Emotion regulation
Mental health
Resilience
University students
topic COVID‐19
Emotion regulation
Mental health
Resilience
University students
description The COVID‐19 pandemic had a huge impact on people's lives due to the fear of getting infected and having the disease, as well as the necessary prevention and containment measures. University students were one of the most affected groups, as they were forced to cope with significant life changes. However, not all displayed symptoms of psychological distress, which means that internal resources such as emotional regulation and resilience may have acted as protective variables. This cross‐sectional study aimed to examine the extent to which the relationship between emotion regulation and stress, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms was mediated by resilience in a sample of university students. Results showed that emotion regulation strategies were positively associated with lower mental health. Some resilience dimensions mediated these relationships, with perception‐of‐self mediating all associations. Planned future mediated the association between emotion regulation and depression, family cohesion mediated the relation between emotion regulation and stress, and social resources mediated the association of cognitive reappraisal with anxiety and PTSD by suppressing the direct positive relationship. These results highlight the relevance of resilience as a key resource in coping effectively with the uncertainties, and changes that arise during stressful periods such as a pandemic.
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