المرونة النفسية كمتغير وسيط بين أحداث الحياة الضاغطة و الصحة النفسية لدى عينة من طلبة جامعة دمشق

Abstract EN

This study aimed to know the relationship between psychological resilience and all the stressful events and mental health among a sample of Damascus University students and to find out whether there were any significant differences in psychological resilience and all the stressful events and mental health regarding gender and between literary and science students.

The sample of the study consisted of (342) students of whom)134 male and )208 female students.

The researcher used psychological resilience, stressful events and mental health scales.

Validity and reliability of the tools were verified.

Results showed that There was a significant negative correlation at level (0,01) between psychological resilience and stressful Life events(r=-0,314), and positive correlation between psychological resilience and mental health(r=0,477).

The results revealed significant differences between the means of psychological resilience among male and female students in favour of the females.

No significant differences were found between the means of stressful life events and mental health according to gender.

In addition, significant differences were observed between the means of psychological resilience in favour of literary students.

No significant differences were found between the means of stressful life events and mental health according to specialization.

Also, it could be predicted that psychological resilience as a mediating factor between stressful life events and mental health.

The researcher interpreted these results in light of the collected Data and the reviewed literature and previous studies