The association of mindfulness with stress self-management among university teachers: the mediating roles of resilience and cognitive reappraisal.
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2025 Shuting Liao, Anbang Hu 1 citation
Mindfulness is linked to better stress self-management among university teachers largely through higher resilience and greater use of cognitive reappraisal. A survey of 287 university teachers in Hunan Province, China, tested a model based on Conservation of Resources theory. Mindfulness was positively associated with resilience and cognitive reappraisal. Resilience was positively related to cognitive reappraisal and stress self-management. Cognitive reappraisal was also positively associated with stress self-management. Resilience and cognitive reappraisal together explained the link between mindfulness and stress self-management. Mindfulness, resilience, and cognitive reappraisal together explained 43% of the variance in stress self-management. The findings suggest that mindfulness-based activities combined with resilience training and emotion-regulation routines may support well-being among university faculty.