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Academic stress and adaptation to university life: mediation of cognitive-emotional regulation and social support

  • Jorge Emiro Restrepo
  • , Erika Yohanna Bedoya Cardona
  • , Gina Paula Cuartas Montoya
  • , Mónica Cassaretto
  • , Patty Vilela
  • Tecnológico de Antioquia
  • Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

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Abstract

University life involve personal, social, academic, and institutional challenges to which the students must adapt not only to achieve academic successbut also to guarantee a good physical and mental health during the career. This period can be influenced by stressful situations that can affect at personal and academic level. The objective of the present study was to determine, through an analysis with structural equations, whether various cognitive-emotional regulation strategies and perceived social support, act as mediators of the effect of stress on adaptation to university life in 555 Colombian university students (437 women, 78.7%) with ages from 16 to 49 years (M = 22.83; SD = 4.774). The results show that the cognitive-emotional regulation strategies positive (Focus and Reappraisal), negative (Rumination, Self-blame and Blaming others) and social support are mediators of the effect of stress on adaptation to university life.

Translated title of the contributionEstrés académico y adaptación a la vida universitaria: mediación de la regulacióncognitivo-emocional y el apoyo social.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)62-71
Number of pages10
JournalAnales de Psicologia
Volume39
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Adaptation to university life
  • Cognitive-emotional regulation
  • Social support
  • Stress
  • University students

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