The Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Mindfulness in Predicting Resiliency in Celiac patients

Chronic diseases such as celiac are the ones that cause much psychological damage in addition to physical damage. Resilience is one of the features that can make the patient tolerate these conditions. In this regard, the present study investigated the role of cognitive flexibility and mindfulness in predicting resilience in celiac patients. The statistical population of this correlational study included the patients with celiac disease in Gorgan, Iran. A number of 114 individuals were recruited by convenience sampling filled out the Cognitive Flexibility Scale, the Mindfulness Questionnaire (Bauer et al., 2006), and the Resilience scale. Then, the data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and step-by-step regression test. The results showed that cognitive flexibility and mindfulness could significantly predict resilience in celiac patients. In the first step, mindfulness was able to predict about 9% of the changes related to resilience, while cognitive flexibility and mindfulness in the second step were able to predict 17% of the variance. Consequently, cognitive flexibility and mindfulness can predict the resilience of celiac patients.