The Structural Model of the Relationship between Differentiation with Resilience and Interpersonal Sensitivity Based on the Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation in University Students

 Resilience and interpersonal sensitivity are factors affecting mental health and psychological well-being.  Regarding the importance of this issue, this study was conducted to determining the relationship between differentiation, resilience and interpersonal sensitivity based on the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in university students.

 The method of research is a correlation and path analysis. The 376 students of Islamic Azad University, Rasht branch participated in this study in 2023 with available sampling method. Data were collected using emotion regulation questionnaires, Connor and Davidson resilience scale, short form of self-differentiation questionnaire, and interpersonal sensitivity scale. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation method and path analysis test and SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 22.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Ill., USA) and IBM SPSS AMOS-24 software.

 The mean (SD) age of woman was 23.8 (3.1) and man was 23.4 (3.4). With increasing differentiation, resilience increased too (r=0.358, P=0.001) and interpersonal sensitivity decreased (r=0.619, P=0.001). Also, with the increase in the differentiation of compromised strategies of cognitive regulation was increased (r=0.308, P=0.001) and non-compromised strategies of cognitive regulation decreased
(r=-0.411, P=0.001,). Differentiation with the mediation of cognitive emotion regulation guides predicted a total of 45% of the variance of interpersonal sensitivity and 27% of the variance of resilience.

 The study showed that high differentiation by reducing non-compromised strategies and by increasing compromised strategies of cognitive emotion regulation decreased interpersonal sensitivity and increased resilience.