The Relationship between Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Distress Tolerance with Life Satisfaction in Addicted Students: The Mediating Role of Resilience

The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies and distress tolerance with life satisfaction of addictive students.

The sample consisted of 300 undergraduate and postgraduate students (200 females, 100 males) who were selected by random cluster sampling and were screened by Wade and Butcher addiction potential test. Then, they were evaluated by Conner and Davidson Resilience Scale (2003), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2001), Simons & Gahr's Distress Tolerance Scale (2005), the satisfaction with life scale of Diener, E., Emmons, R. A., Larsan, R. J., & Griffin (1985).

The hypothetical model was investigated. The results showed that the good fit of the proposed model with the research data. The results showed that positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies were directly and indirectly (mediated by resilience) correlated with life satisfaction of susceptible students, but indirectly was a strong predictor of life satisfaction. Distress tolerance had a significant relationship with the life satisfaction of the students exposed to addiction with the mediating role of resilience.

It can be said that improving positive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and distress tolerance skills can be useful for implementing preventive interventions and resiliency training programs and increasing life satisfaction in students exposed to addiction.