Emerging Adulthood

ISSN 2167-6968

2 papers in the library · publishing 2023-2024

Papers

Self-Transcendence Explains How Stress Reduces Mental Well-Being in Emerging Adults: A Conditional Approach of Coping Flexibility

Emerging Adulthood September 30, 2024 Gökmen Arslan, Serap Özdemir Bişkin, Kıvanç Uzun

Stress negatively predicts mental well-being among Turkish university students. Self-transcendence and coping flexibility act as mediators in this relationship, and coping flexibility moderates the effect of stress on both self-transcendence and mental well-being. When coping flexibility is high, the negative associations between stress and self-transcendence and between stress and mental well-being are stronger. The findings suggest that self-transcendence and coping flexibility play important roles in promoting mental well-being and countering stress in a university setting.

DOI: 10.1177/21676968241286924 Psychology

Childhood Psychological Maltreatment, Mindful Awareness, Self-Transcendence, and Mental Well-Being in Emerging Adults

Emerging Adulthood October 19, 2023 Gökmen Arslan, Zekavet Kabasakal, Besra Taş

Childhood psychological maltreatment is linked to poorer mental well-being in Turkish university students, partly because it reduces mindful awareness and self-transcendence. In a sample of 422 emerging adults aged 18–29, psychological maltreatment was directly associated with lower levels of these two qualities and indirectly associated with worse mental well-being through them. The findings suggest that promoting mindful awareness and self-transcendence could help buffer the negative effects of psychological maltreatment on mental health.

DOI: 10.1177/21676968231208246 Psychology