Examining the correlation between cognitive flexibility, psychological resilience, and perceived stress level in middle adulthood

Our research aims to examine the relationship between cognitive flexibility, psychological resilience and perceived stress levels in middle adulthood and to reveal possible connections. In addition, it is aimed at separately detecting cognitive flexibility, psychological resilience and perceived stress levels in middle adulthood and at revealing their relationships with sociodemographic variables. In addition, the relationship between the research variables has also been studied. The purpose of our study was to look into how middle-aged adults (45–64 years old) perceived their stress levels in relation to their psychological resilience and cognitive flexibility. 200 people participated in the study, and participation was completely voluntary. The fact that the participants were illiterate and had active psychopathology constituted the exclusion criteria of the study. For the study, the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, Brief Psychological Resilience Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale were applied to the volunteer middle-aged adults who constituted the sample group. Adults will be informed about the importance of answering the questions sincerely and accurately and that confidentiality will be adhered to. Participants first filled in the demographic information form, and then the "Cognitive Flexibility Inventory" was used to determine their cognitive flexibility, the "Brief Psychological Resilience Scale" was used to evaluate their psychological resilience, and the "Perceived Stress Scale" was used to determine their perceived stress levels. The SPSS 27.0 program was used in the study. Relationship, correlation analysis and applied, and the use of parametric tests was deemed appropriate. In addition, reliability tests were performed for the scales. A statistically significant relationship was found between the control sub-dimension, cognitive flexibility, psychological resilience, perceived stress level and the education level variable in middle adulthood (p<0.05). A statistically significant relationship was found between the cognitive flexibility control sub-dimension, psychological resilience, perceived stress level and the income level variable in middle adulthood (p<0.05). In addition, the relationship between the cognitive flexibility levels of individuals in middle adulthood and psychological resilience and perceived stress was examined. The findings show that there is a positive significant relationship between cognitive flexibility and psychological resilience (r = .311; p < 0.01) and a negative significant relationship between cognitive flexibility and perceived stress (r = -.152; p < 0.05). In addition, a negative significant relationship was found between psychological resilience and perceived stress (r = -.547; p < 0.01). As a result, it is seen that the findings support the hypotheses in line with the purpose of the research. It is thought that our study has achieved its purpose.