Refocus on Planning and Positive Refocusing Mediate the Relationship Between Cognitive Flexibility and Psychological Resilience

Mungan O., TORUN N.

JOURNAL OF RATIONAL-EMOTIVE AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY, cilt.44, sa.2, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10942-026-00648-y
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RATIONAL-EMOTIVE AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Psycinfo
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cognitive flexibility, Resillience, Refocus on planning, Positive refocus, Emotion regulation
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Cognitive flexibility is one of the most important indicators of mental health and is a cognitive process at the heart of psychological resilience. The more cognitively flexible individuals are, the more likely they are to use adaptive emotion regulation strategies, which in turn increases their psychological resilience, according to the results of the current study. This study highlights the value of fostering cognitive flexibility and adaptive emotion regulation strategies to promote psychological resilience, and provides practical insights for practitioners. For future studies, training programmes designed to improve cognitive flexibility may have downstream benefits for emotion regulation and resilience-for example, cognitive behavioural therapy, rational-emotional therapy and mindfulness-based interventions, which are known to improve cognitive flexibility, may be particularly effective in promoting adaptive emotional responses.