AliDoosti H, Shams Esfandabad H, Zare Bahramabadi M.
(2026). The mediating role of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between mindfulness and COVID-19 anxiety with psychological well-being in college students. Rooyesh. 14(11), 81-90.
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1- PhD student in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, NT, C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2- Associate Professor, Department of psychology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. , hasanshamsesfandabad@gmail.com
3- Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (32 Views)
This research aimed to determine the mediating role of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between s mindfulness and COVID-19 anxiety with psychological well-being in college students in 2022-2023. The method of this study was descriptive-correlational using the structural equation modeling method. The research population consisted of the students at the University of Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branc in 2022-2023. A sample of 340 students was selected from this population using acluster random sampling method. The research instruments included the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWS; Ryff & et al, 2002), Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ; Baer & et al 2006) ,Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI; Dennis & Vander Wall, 2010), Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS; Alipour & et al, 2019). Structural equation analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the proposed model has a good fit. The results showed that COVID-19 anxiety negatively impacted cognitive flexibility and psychological well-being, while mindfulness positively influenced cognitive flexibility and psychological well-being. Cognitive flexibility itself had a strong positive effect on psychological well-being (p< 0.05). The results of the bootstrap test showed that academic cognitive flexibility played a mediating role between COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being and between mindfulness and psychological well-being (p<0.05). All in all, it can be concluded that mindfulness and COVID-19 anxiety has a direct effect on students' constructive cognitive flexibility through the mediation of psychological well-being.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
General Psychology Received: 2025/04/28 | Accepted: 2025/06/11 | ePublished: 2026/01/30