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- Title
Psychological Inflexibility, Ruminative Thinking, Worry and Self-Compassion in Relation to College Adjustment.
- Authors
AYDIN, Yasin
- Abstract
The mental health of college students has received more attention due to increase of psychological distress starting from the beginning of university life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of the third wave Cognitive Behavioral approaches, focuses on behavior change by emphasizing acceptance and awareness with its core concept of psychological inflexibility. This study aimed to investigate the role of psychological inflexibility, rumination, worry and self-compassion on college adjustment by implementing structural equation modeling. 657 (486 female, 171 male) freshman students at a state university participated in the study. In terms of data collection tools, The University Life Scale, Acceptance an Action Questionnaire-II, the Ruminative Thought Style Questionnaire, The Penn State Worry Questionnaire and The Self-Compassion Scale were used. The results indicated that psychological inflexibility significantly predicted students' self-compassion, rumination, worry and college adjustment levels. On the other hand, the results also revealed that while self-compassion significantly predicted the college adjustment, rumination and worry levels did not significantly predicted the college adjustment of freshman students. Finally, while self compassion was a partial mediator in the relationship between psychological inflexibility and college adjustment, ruminative thinking and worry were not significant mediators. The discussions and implications of the study were presented, as well as suggestions for further studies.
- Subjects
PENNSYLVANIA State University; RUMINATION (Cognition); COLLEGE student adjustment; STUDENT adjustment; MENTAL health of college students; ACCEPTANCE &; commitment therapy; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; WORRY
- Publication
Bartin University Journal of Faculty of Education, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 2, p422
- ISSN
1308-7177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14686/buefad.1022706