Exploring the Role of Resilience in Mitigating Stress and Enhancing Mental Health among University Students
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61841/qerd2e07Keywords:
Perceived Stress, Brief Resilience, Mental Health, University StudentsAbstract
The study aimed to explore the role of resilience in mitigating stress and enhancing mental health among university students. The sample comprised 98 university students aged between 25-35, enrolled in diverse undergraduate, post graduate, and PhD courses from various districts of Kashmir. The instruments utilized for assessing perceived stress, resilience, and mental health were the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale developed by Cohen et al. (1993), the 6-item Resilience Scale by Smith et al. (2008), and the 12-item General Mental Health Questionnaire developed by Goldberg and Williams (1988). The findings revealed a significant negative correlation between perceived stress and brief resilience, as well as a strong negative correlation between perceived stress and mental health. Additionally, a moderate positive correlation was observed between brief resilience and mental health. Gender differences were assessed for all three variables, although females are on the slightly higher end in terms of mean differences with respect to perceived stress and brief resilience, but the differences are small to be called statistically significant.
Downloads
References
1. Ahern, N. R., Kiehl, E. M., Sole, M. L., & Byers, J. (2006). A review of instruments measuring resilience. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 29(2), 103–125.
2. Ahluwalia, M., Shillington, K. J., & Irwin, J. D. (2022). The relationship between resilience and mental health of undergraduate students: A scoping review. Journal of American College Health, 1–14.
3. Akeman, E., Kirlic, N., Clausen, A. N., Cosgrove, K. T., McDermott, T. J., Cromer, L. D., ... & Aupperle, R. L. (2020). A pragmatic clinical trial examining the impact of a resilience program on college student mental health. Depression and Anxiety, 37(3), 202–213.
4. Andrew, S., Salamonson, Y., Weaver, R., Smith, A., O’Reilly, R., & Taylor, C. (2008). Hate the course or hate to go: Semester differences in first-year nursing attrition. Nurse Education Today, 28(7), 865–872.
5. Bastaminia, A., Hashemi, F., Alizadeh, M., & Dastoorpoor, M. (2016). Resilience and mental health: A study among students at the State University of Yasuj City. British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science, 18(2), 1–9.
6. Bhugra, D., Till, A., & Sartorius, N. (2013). What is mental health? International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 59(1), 3–4.
7. Bonanno, G. A. (2008). Loss, trauma, and human resilience: Have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events? American Psychologist, 59(1), 20–28.
8. Gheshlagh, R. G., Sayehmiri, K., Ebadi, A., Dalvandi, A., Dalvand, S., & Tabrizi, K. N. (2016). Resilience of patients with chronic physical diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 18(7), e38562.
9. Haddadi, P., & Besharat, M. A. (2010). Resilience, vulnerability, and mental health. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 5, 639–642.
10. Hamdan-Mansour, A. M., Azzeghaiby, S. N., Alzoghaibi, I. N., Badawi, T. H., Nassar, O., & Shaheen, A. M. (2014). Correlates of resilience among university students. European Psychiatry, 30, 1–1.
11. Hartley, M. T. (2011). Examining the relationships between resilience, mental health, and academic persistence in undergraduate college students. Journal of American College Health, 59(7), 596–604.
12. Hartley, M. T. (2013). Investigating the relationship of resilience to academic persistence in college students with mental health issues. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 56(4), 240–250.
13. Keck, M., & Sakdapolrak, P. (2013). What is social resilience? Lessons learned and ways forward. Erdkunde, 67(1), 5–19.
14. Keye, M. D., & Pidgeon, A. M. (2013). Investigation of the relationship between resilience, mindfulness, and academic self-efficacy. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 1(6), 1–4.
15. Kogler, L., Müller, V. I., Chang, A., Eickhoff, S. B., Fox, P. T., Gur, R. C., & Derntl, B. (2015). Psychosocial versus physiological stress: Meta-analyses on deactivations and activations of the neural correlates of stress reactions. NeuroImage, 119, 235–251.
16. Manwell, L. A., Barbic, S. P., Roberts, K., Durisko, Z., Lee, C., Ware, E., & McKenzie, K. (2015). What is mental health? Evidence towards a new definition from a mixed methods multidisciplinary international survey. BMJ Open, 5(6), e007079.
17. Masten, A. S., Best, K. M., & Garmezy, N. (1990). Resilience and development: Contributions from the study of children who overcome adversity. Development and Psychopathology, 2(4), 425–444.
18. McGillivray, C. J., & Pidgeon, A. M. (2015). Resilience attributes among university students: A comparative study of psychological distress, sleep disturbances, and mindfulness. European Scientific Journal, 11(5), 33–48.
19. Min, J. A., Yoon, S., Lee, C. U., Chae, J. H., Lee, C., Song, K. Y., & Kim, T. S. (2013). Psychological resilience contributes to low emotional distress in cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 21(9), 2469–2476.
20. Pidgeon, A. M., Rowe, N. L., Stapleton, P., Magyar, H. B., & Lo, B. C. (2014). Examining characteristics of resilience among university students: An international study. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2(11), 14–22.
21. Rajan-Rankin, S. (2014). Self-identity, embodiment, and the development of emotional resilience. The British Journal of Social Work, 44(8), 2426–2442.
22. Rudwan, S., & Alhashimia, S. (2018). The relationship between resilience and mental health among a sample of University of Nizwa students, Sultanate of Oman. European Scientific Journal, 14(2), 288–303.
23. Ryan, M. L., Shochet, I. M., & Stallman, H. M. (2010). Universal online interventions might engage psychologically distressed university students who are unlikely to seek formal help. Advances in Mental Health, 9(1), 73–83.
24. Sturgeon, J. A., & Zautra, A. J. (2013). Psychological resilience, pain catastrophizing, and positive emotions: Perspectives on comprehensive modeling of individual pain adaptation. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 17(3), 1–9.
25. Turner, M., Scott-Young, C. M., & Holdsworth, S. (2017). Promoting wellbeing at university: The role of resilience for students of the built environment. Construction Management and Economics, 35(11–12), 707–718.
26. Vashmehsara, M. E. (2015). The study of emotional intelligence and coping styles and the evaluation of their interactive relationship in case of cancerous patients. Medical Journal of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 36(6), 54–61.
27. Wu, Y., Sang, Z. Q., Zhang, X. C., & Margraf, J. (2020). The relationship between resilience and mental health in Chinese college students: A longitudinal cross-lagged analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 108.
28. Yue, W., & Fangli, L. (2018, January). Study on the correlation of mental health, resilience, and stress events of college students. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (pp. 165–169).
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
