Resilience is consistently linked to better mental health among emerging adults. However, less is known about the psychological processes that may explain this association, particularly in lower-middle-income contexts. This study examined whether ruminative brooding and reflection help explain associations between resilience and symptoms of depression and anxiety among 1,709 Filipino emerging adults (Mean age = 21.86, SD = 2.83) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the measurement models, and structural equation modeling tested direct and indirect associations while controlling for gender, age, and educational attainment. Resilience was negatively associated with both brooding and reflection. However, only brooding was positively associated with depression and anxiety. Resilience was also indirectly associated with lower depression and anxiety through reduced brooding, but not reflection. These findings suggest that resilience may support mental health partly by limiting maladaptive brooding, highlighting resilience-building and brooding-focused strategies as potentially useful during periods of heightened stress and uncertainty.
Introduction: The high prevalence of anxiety and depression in adults affects their overall functioning. Within Relational Frame Theory, psychological inflexibility is theoretically associated with avoidance of private events and has been linked to greater anxiety and depressive symptoms and lower resilience. However,...
M. Moreyra-Ruiz, Jonatan Baños-Chaparro· Behavioral Science· 0 citations
Regression analysis showed that resilience significantly moderated the relationship between current symptoms of anxiety and depression, but there was no such moderation effect regarding the influence of PTSD symptoms and sleep disruption on depressive symptomatology.
M. van Wyk, Matthieu Ortscheit, T. K. Phillips et al.· South African Journal of Psy...· 0 citations
Introduction Psychological resilience is commonly defined as an individual’s capacity to maintain stability and engage in constructive adaptation in the face of adversity, and its role in promoting positive developmental outcomes among college students has received increasing attention. Individuals with higher levels o...
Jing Chen, A. Madihie, Yu Ren et al.· Frontiers in Psychology· 0 citations
Adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by heightened emotional sensitivity and increased vulnerability to mental health challenges such as anxiety and depression. As young people navigate identity formation, academic pressure and social change, their ability to understand and regulate emotions becomes inc...
Rubinder Kaur· Kaav International Journal o...· 0 citations
Aging is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional changes, with substantial interindividual variability in mental and physical health outcomes. This study investigates the role of cognitive reserve (CR) and resilience as protective factors against perceived stress, anxiety, and physical health issues (PHI) in...
People living with HIV (PLWH) face elevated risks for anxiety and depression, yet not all develop clinically significant distress—a phenomenon we term the resilience-distress paradox, whereby individuals with high psychological resilience (the capacity to adapt positively to adversity) nonetheless experience severe...
Fang Chen, Xi-Xi Yan, Xiao-Min Ding et al.· Frontiers in Public Health· 0 citations
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