The mediating role of resilience in the relationship between self-concept and negative affect in students

The present study was conducted to determine the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between self-concept and negative emotions in students. The descriptive-correlation research method was structural equation modeling. The research's statistical population was all the University of Guilan students in 2023, from which 240 people were selected as a sample using the available sampling method. Data collection using Connor and Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC; Connor and Davidson, 2023), Self-Concept Questionnaire (SCQ; Saraswat, 1984), and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS, Thompson, 2007) Done. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the proposed model had a good fit. The results showed that self-concept has a negative and significant direct effect on negative emotions; Another result showed that self-concept has a positive and significant direct effect on resilience; Also, the direct effect of resilience on negative emotions was significant (P<0.05). The results of the bootstrap test showed that resilience has a mediating role between self-concept and negative emotions (P<0.05). The results of this study indicate that resilience mediates the relationship between self-concept and negative emotions, in other words, a developed self-concept can reduce the amount of negative emotions in students due to the promotion of resilience.