Anales de psicología Vol. 39, Nº 1 (2023)

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Academic stress and adaptation to university life: mediation of cognitive-emotional regulationand social support
(Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2023) Restrepo, Jorge Emiro; Bedoya Cardona, Erika Yohanna; Cuartas Montoya, Gina Paula; Cassaretto, Mónica; Vilela, Patty
University life involve personal, social, academic, and institu-tionalchallenges to which the students must adapt not only to achieve aca-demic successbut also to guarantee a good physical and mental health dur-ing the career. Thisperiod can be influenced by stressful situations that can affect at personal andacademic level. The objective of the present study was to determine, through ananalysis with structural equations, whether various cognitive-emotional regulationstrategies and perceived social sup-port, act as mediators of the effect of stress onadaptation to university life in 555 Colombian university students (437 women,78.7%) with ages from 16 to 49 years (M = 22.83; SD = 4.774). The results showthat the cogni-tive-emotional regulation strategies positive (Focus andReappraisal), nega-tive (Rumination, Self-blame and Blaming others) and socialsupportaremediators oftheeffect ofstresson adaptationto universitylife.