An examination of the mediating role effect of psychological resilience in the relationship between mindfulness and well being

This study aims to examine the mediating role effect of psychological resilience in the relationship between conscious awareness and well-being in university students within the framework of the Structural Equation Model. It was also aimed to examine the variables of mindfulness, well-being, and psychological resilience in terms of various demographic variables. The research was carried out by the relational screening model. The universe of research consists of state and foundation university students enrolled in any undergraduate program in the Asian side of Istanbul in the 2019-2020 academic year. The research sample consists of 429 students who can be reached. In the study, a personal information form was used to examine the personal information, socio-demographic characteristics, and family-related characteristics of university students, and the personal information form prepared by the researchers were used to examine the demographic characteristics of the students. The data obtained through the scales applied in the research were analyzed using the SPSS 25 package program and AMOS 24.0 Package Program. Before the analyzes were tabulated, a normality test was performed and it was concluded that the data were normally distributed. In the first stage, independent groups T-tests were performed, and then one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests was used. Structural Equation Model was used in the research. According to these results, it was concluded that psychological resilience had a mediating role in the relationship between conscious awareness and the well-being of university students. According to the results of the SEM analysis, it was concluded that the fit indices of the tested model were at an acceptable level (χ2 / sd = 1,000; RMSEA = .043; GFI = 1,000; AGFI = 1,000; CFI = 1,000; IFI = 1,000).