Abstract
Psychological flexibility is found to improve interpersonal communication and daily experiencing mental health issues like stress. This study aims to find out the mediation effect of psychological flexibility in the relationship between interpersonal difficulties and stress among university students. The sample of the study consisted of university students (N=70) aged between 18-22 years old from two universities in Lahore, Pakistan. The students were assigned as participants of the study based on the inclusion criteria. Psychological flexibility scale for university students, instability in relationships subscale from the interpersonal difficulties scale for university students, and stress subscale from depression; anxiety and stress subscales were used as instruments for data collection for this study. The data was analyzed through the PROCESS simulation in the SPSS. The outcome from the variables presented using the model 4 of mediation analysis. The findings revealed that psychological flexibility does not partially or fully mediate the relationship between interpersonal difficulties and stress. This study added preliminary knowledge into the existing literature about the context-specific output of the mediation model for psychological flexibility. Implications are the direction for the researches in the future about mediating effect of psychological flexibility in clinical population and different demographic factors.
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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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Self-awareness, Mental health, Relationships, Education
