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ERIC Number: EJ1467529
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0007-1005
EISSN: EISSN-1467-8527
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Factors Associated with Students' Psychological Distress: The Roles of Creativity, Cognitive Flexibility, and Educational (Anti)Mattering
Alexandra Maftei1; Tina Vrabie1
British Journal of Educational Studies, v73 n1 p119-140 2025
The present cross-sectional study examined some of the factors associated with psychological distress among students enrolled in Bachelor's and Master's programs. We investigated the roles of age, academic performance, creativity, cognitive flexibility, educational mattering, and anti-mattering and their roles when discussing participants' psychological distress. Our sample comprised 337 students aged 19 to 29 from a Romanian public university, aged 19 to 29 (M = 20.86, SD = 1.55). Correlation analysis suggested that age, cognitive flexibility, educational mattering, and creativity were negatively related to students' psychological distress. Also, educational anti-mattering was positively linked to psychological distress. We did not find a significant link between students' psychological distress and academic performance. Further regression analysis suggested that educational anti-mattering was the strongest predictor of students' psychological distress. The practical implications of these findings are discussed concerning educational and psychological interventions that might contribute to decreased students' psychological distress.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Romania
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Education Sciences, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania