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| Published: June 30, 2025

The Role of Emotion Regulation and Cognitive Flexibility in Developing Resilience: A Comparative Study of Gender Differences in Young Adults Preparing for Entrance Exams

Ekta Bhardwaj

B.Sc. Psychology, 3rd Year, Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Sushant University. Google Scholar More about the auther

, Richa Dwivedi

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Sushant University. Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.420.20251302

DOI: 10.25215/1302.420

ABSTRACT

In today’s profoundly competitive scholastic environment, entrance exam arrangement presents noteworthy mental challenges for youthful grown-ups. Creating Flexibility, or the capacity to adjust and recoup from push, is basic for overseeing scholarly weight viably. The ponder explored the part of Emotion Regulation and Cognitive Flexibility in predicting resilience, with a center on gender contrasts among understudies planning for entrance exams. A add up to of 200 members (male = 100, female = 100) completed standardized self-report surveys measuring flexibility, feeling control, and Cognitive Flexibility. Expressive measurements shown cruel scores of 43.77 (SD = 6.21) for flexibility, 46.83 (SD = 7.96) for feeling control, and 104.88 (SD = 13.47) for Cognitive Flexibility. Correlation examination uncovered a direct positive relationship between emotion regulation and Resilience (r = .423, p < .01), and a weaker but noteworthy relationship between Cognitive Flexibility and Resilience (r = .160, p < .05). Free tests t-tests appeared no critical gender contrasts in any of the three factors (p > .05). These discoveries recommend that higher levels of enthusiastic and Cognitive flexibility are related with expanded strength, independent of gender. Instructive programs pointing to improve students’ enthusiastic control and Cognitive Flexibility may cultivate more noteworthy mental flexibility amid high-pressure scholastic periods. Confinements and bearings for future investigate are talked about.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.420.20251302

10.25215/1302.420

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Published in   Volume 13, Issue 2, April-June, 2025