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The present study examines the stress and coping process among a sample of emerging adults (ages 18–30) recruited though TurkPrime who completed at least some post-secondary education. Sources of stress and four positive personal coping resources, mindfulness, self-compassion, resilience, and spirituality, served as predictors, with all showing significant zero-order correlations with outcomes of satisfaction with life (SWL) and depressive symptoms. Controlling for personality and stressors, resilience, self-compassion, and spirituality each accounted for significant variance in SWL, and mindfulness and self-compassion were unique predictors of depressive symptoms. Spirituality also served as a moderator of the relation of stressors to each criterion variable. Results are discussed with respect to the previous research, along with limitations and strengths of the study and suggestions for future research.
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The raw data, analysis code, and materials used in this study are not openly available but are available upon request to the corresponding author. The data collection and analysis were approved by and pre-registered with the institutional review board at the authors’ host institution.
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Fenzel, L.M., Richardson, K.D. The Stress Process Among Emerging Adults: Spirituality, Mindfulness, Resilience, and Self-compassion as Predictors of Life Satisfaction and Depressive Symptoms. J Adult Dev 29, 1–15 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-021-09384-2
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