College Student Resilience During COVID-19: Examining the Roles of Mindfulness, Compassion, and Prosocial Behavior

Anne I. Roche; Jenna L. Adamowicz; Manny S. Stegall; Cole R. Toovey; Zoe Sirotiak; Emily B. K. Thomas

doi:10.1007/s42844-022-00083-9

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College Student Resilience During COVID-19: Examining the Roles of Mindfulness, Compassion, and Prosocial Behavior

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College Student Resilience During COVID-19: Examining the Roles of Mindfulness, Compassion, and Prosocial Behavior

Anne I. Roche, Jenna L. Adamowicz, Manny S. Stegall, Cole R. Toovey, Zoe Sirotiak and Emily B. K. Thomas

Adversity and resilience science, Vol.3(4), pp.309-320

2022

DOI: 10.1007/s42844-022-00083-9

PMCID: PMC9669537

PMID: 36415323

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The present study examined factors associated with resilience in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were undergraduates at a large Midwestern university in the USA ( N = 848). Hierarchical linear regression analyses examined self-reported pandemic-related adversity, community COVID-19 case rates, mindfulness, compassion, and prosocialness to determine the strongest associates of resilience. Findings demonstrated that mindfulness was the only psychological process of interest significantly associated with resilience, so specific facets were further explored in a regression analysis. Specifically, higher levels of the following mindfulness skills were associated with greater resilience: ability to describe internal experiences, to remain aware while engaging in action, and to take a nonreactive stance toward internal experiences. Mindfulness-based interventions may be appropriate for promoting resilience in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Subtitle: College Student Resilience During COVID-19: Examining the Roles of Mindfulness, Compassion, and Prosocial Behavior
Creators: Anne I. Roche - University of Iowa
Jenna L. Adamowicz - University of Iowa
Manny S. Stegall - University of Iowa
Cole R. Toovey - University of Iowa
Zoe Sirotiak - University of Iowa
Emily B. K. Thomas - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Adversity and resilience science, Vol.3(4), pp.309-320
DOI: 10.1007/s42844-022-00083-9
PMID: 36415323
PMCID: PMC9669537
NLM abbreviation: Advers Resil Sci
ISSN: 2662-2424
eISSN: 2662-2416
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Grant note: Ballard Seashore Fellowship, University of Iowa T32GM108540 / National Institutes of Health (http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000002)
Language: English
Date published: 2022
Academic Unit: Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences
Record Identifier: 9984320060202771

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