Cognitive Flexibility and Emotional Regulation: Predictors of Psychological Resilience Among University Students
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The current quantitative research was an attempt to investigate the predictive role of cognitive flexibility and emotional regulation on psychological resilience among Pakistani university students. A self-administered Likert-scale questionnaire was used to collect data on 150 students in both the public and the private universities. A random sampling was used to have a representative sample of the population. Research based on statistical analyses using regression, multiple regression, and correlation methods was done to ascertain the relationship between variables. The results have shown that there is a positive significant connection between cognitive flexibility and psychological resilience (r = 0.742, p < 0.01), and the higher students are flexible in their thinking pattern, the higher their level of resilience. Moreover, emotional regulation was identified to play a major role in resilience indicating that highly emotionally regulated students are psychologically more stable and have a better coping capacity. The joint predictive effect of cognitive flexibility and emotional regulation proved that both concepts have a combined beneficial impact on the academic stress management capabilities in students and well-being. The paper underscores the need to foster emotional intelligence and adaptive cognitive skills within the educational environment to help university students in Pakistan gain resilience and mental health.
DOI: 10.59075/v6gwq674
Authors: Ishrat Rehman, Zarina Naz, Dr. Ali Ahsan Mufti
Language: English
Topic: Resilience and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7108219572