Abstract Book of the 9th International Conference on Social Sciences in the 21st Century
Year: 2025
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The Study Relationship Between Psychosomatic Symptoms, Rumination and Resilience Among Iranian Student in North Cyprus
Mona Rashidifar, Prof. Dr. Ezgi Ulu
ABSTRACT:
This research was carried out to realize how the three factors of rumination, resilience, and psychosomatic disorder are interrelated among 246 individuals from Iran who are studying as students in universities in Northern Cyprus. The students filled in the validated instruments, among which were the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS), and the Psychosomatic Symptoms Questionnaire. In statistical data analysis, the authorities applied various methods, including Pearson correlations, independent samples t-tests, and multiple linear regression by running SPSS. The outcomes revealed that resilience is negatively associated with rumination (r = –.301, p < .01) and psychosomatic complaints (r = –.335, p < .01), while congruently, rumination is positively correlated with psychosomatic ailments (r = .607, p < .01). A statistically significant gender disparity was identified as the independent samples t-tests discovered that women had a higher degree of resilience. At the same time, male participants registered increased frequencies of rumination and psychosomatic symptoms. In this study, regression analysis revealed that resilience and rumination could explain 38.9 percent of the variation in psychosomatic symptoms. Resilience had the most impact by acting as a safeguard, a condition in which the influence of rumination on physical health concerns was reduced.
Additionally, the older-gained years were positively correlated with resilience, but negatively correlated with physical health issues. It’s important to mention that age wasn’t significantly related to rumination. The major takeaway from these results is that interventions can potentially increase resilience resources while targeting the measures that nurture thought patterns that are the basis of various psychosomatic complaints, thus improving the mental health of college students overall. Further study needs to explore such relationships in diverse cultural contexts and also investigate other protective psychological factors that could play a supportive role here.
Keywords: Gender differences, University students, Mental health, Age factors, Physical health issues