Nitya Chowdhary and R.K. Chinglenbi Devi
Kristu Jayanti University, Bangalore
Pages:32-42
The study aimed to assess the association between Cognitive Flexibility and Hardiness
with the mediating role of Emotion Regulation. The study recruited 330 participants
from students who were currently in a university in Bangalore through convenience
sampling. The scales used in the study were Dispositional Resilience Scale-15, A
Brief Hardiness Scale (DRS-15), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI) and Difficulties in
Emotion Regulation Scale–18 (DERS-18). SPSS was used for data analysis. The results
of the study revealed that there is a positive association between Cognitive Flexibility
and Hardiness, a negative association between difficulties in Emotion Regulation and
Cognitive Flexibility, a negative association between difficulties in Emotion Regulation
and Hardiness. The current study revealed a significant impact of Cognitive Flexibility
and difficulties of Emotion Regulation on Hardiness. Difficulties in Emotion Regulation
have a partial mediating impact in the relationship between Cognitive Flexibility and
Hardiness. This means that individuals who have increased Cognitive Flexibility have
increased levels of Hardiness which is partially mediated through difficulties in Emotion
Regulation. This study contributes to findings on real life situations which include
initiating interventions and various workshops that would focus on increasing Emotion
Regulation and Cognitive Flexibility among students in schools and universities