Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Gary Kose
Committee Chair and Members
Gary Kose, Chair
Tristan Adams
Abstract
A sample of 135 first-year university students living in residence completed questionnaires that measured individual differences in mindfulness, coping styles, and perceived stress. Findings revealed significant positive relationships between mindfulness and rational coping, and significant negative relationships with emotional and avoidant coping and perceived stress. Regression analyses revealed that avoidant coping and perceived stress predicted 38.2% of the variance of mindfulness scores. Findings from this study improve our understanding of how mindfulness relates to coping styles, thereby suggesting potential ways to enhance counseling services and programming for first-year university students during the often difficult transition to university.
Recommended Citation
Kiselyuk, Abigail Denise, "Stress, coping, and mindfulness among university students" (2023). Selected Full-Text Master Theses 2021-. 18.
https://digitalcommons.liu.edu/brooklyn_fulltext_master_theses/18