The mediating role of resilience and self-efficacy in the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies with psychological well-being of Iranian students

This study aimed to evaluate the mediating role of resilience and self-efficacy in the relation between cognitive emotion regulation and psychological well-being of Iranian students.

The present study was descriptive and cross-sectional in which 285 students (142 men and 143 women) were selected by convenience sampling method from Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran. Data were collected using psychological well-being, resilience, self-efficacy, and cognitive-emotional regulation questionnaires. Data were analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS-24 and SPSS-20 software.

The results showed that psychological well-being has a direct relation with resilience, self-efficacy, and catastrophizing strategy. Cognitive emotion regulation strategies showed a direct relationship with resilience and self-efficacy and finally, resilience, and self-efficacy in the relationship between cognitive emotional regulation and psychological well-being strategies had a complete mediating role and incomplete mediating role, respectively.

This finding reflects the complex nature of the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies and psychological well-being. Explanations and possible limitations of the research are also discussed.