Cognitive flexibility as the mediator between unemployment anxiety and psychological wellbeing among university students with disabilities
Other Title(s)
المرونة العقلية كمتغير وسيط في العلاقة بين قلق البطالة و الرفاهية النفسية لدى عينة من طلاب الجامعة ذوي الإعاقة
Joint Authors
al-Kshki, Majdah al-Sayyid Ali
Ulaywat, Shadin Khalil Husayn
Source
Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 14 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.299-321, 23 p.
Publisher
King Abdulaziz University Scientific Publishing Center
Publication Date
2020-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Psychology
Abstract EN
Background : many previous studies confirm that anxious individuals usually express lower wellbeing.
additionally, being anxious usually undermines cognitive performance and prevents development of new ways of achieving desired levels of wellbeing, by reducing cognitive flexibility.
this makes cognitive flexibility a possible mediator for the negative relationship between anxiety and wellbeing.
objectives : this study tests if cognitive flexibility serves as a mediator between anxiety and psychological wellbeing, with a special focus on the unemployment anxiety experienced by individuals with disabilities.
Methods: research assistants collected the data from 155 Saudi individuals with different disabilities (71 men and 84 women) between ebruary and may 2019.
the data was collected by questionnaires (unemployment anxiety questionnaire, ryff’s psychological wellbeing scale, cognitive flexibility inventory), and analyzed in r.
after checking for and obtaining valid factor structures, path analyses were conducted to obtain the results.
Results: the applied path analyses have shown that cognitive flexibility serves as a partial mediator between unemployment anxiety and psychological wellbeing..
conclusion : cognitive flexibility partially mediates the relationship between unemployment anxiety and wellbeing.
however, the failure to replicate the factor structures of the applied questionnaires provides both valuable insight into potential cultural differences and highlights the need to replicate the study with the use of more culturally adapted and validated measures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ulaywat, Shadin Khalil Husayn& al-Kshki, Majdah al-Sayyid Ali. 2020. Cognitive flexibility as the mediator between unemployment anxiety and psychological wellbeing among university students with disabilities. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities،Vol. 28, no. 14, pp.299-321.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ulaywat, Shadin Khalil Husayn& al-Kshki, Majdah al-Sayyid Ali. Cognitive flexibility as the mediator between unemployment anxiety and psychological wellbeing among university students with disabilities. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities Vol. 28, no. 14 (2020), pp.299-321.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1366583
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ulaywat, Shadin Khalil Husayn& al-Kshki, Majdah al-Sayyid Ali. Cognitive flexibility as the mediator between unemployment anxiety and psychological wellbeing among university students with disabilities. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities. 2020. Vol. 28, no. 14, pp.299-321.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1366583
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 317-320
Record ID
BIM-1366583