PERCEIVED STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
RESILIENCE: THE SERIAL MEDIATION OF COGNITIVE
CONTROL AND COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY*
PERCEIVED STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
RESILIENCE: THE SERIAL MEDIATION OF COGNITIVE
CONTROL AND COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY*
Author(s): Seda Donat Bacıoğlu, Oya Onat KocabıyıkSubject(s): Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Self
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: perceived stress; psychological resilience; cognitive control; cognitive flexibility;
Summary/Abstract: The present study aims to investigate the mediator role of cognitive control and cognitive flexi-bility in the relationship between university students’ perceived stress and their psychologicalresilience during COVID-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 405 university students. Thefindings showed that perceived stress indirectly via cognitive control and cognitive flexibilityeffects psychological resilience of university students during pandemic. Cognitive control andcognitive flexibility mediates the relationship. The negative effect of perceived stress on cogni-tive control and cognitive flexibility caused a decrease in students’ psychological resilience. Thecognitive flexibility has a positive effect on university students’ psychological resilience. Inter-ventions and techniques for stress management can support cognitive control and cognitive flexi-bility of young people under high stress, this may contribute to increasing psychological resili-ence of them. Implications for intervention are discussed.
Journal: Roczniki Psychologiczne
- Issue Year: 27/2024
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 235-253
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
