Resilience, Stress, and Mental Health Among University Students: A Test of the Resilience Portfolio Model.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, post-secondary students' mental health has become an important public health concern. However, studies examining protective factors of mental health among students and during challenging times are limited. Guided by the strength-based Resilience Portfolio Model and following a group of undergraduates (N = 1004) throughout the 2020/2021 academic year, this study examined multiple domains of resilience internal assets and external resources and simultaneously tested multiple protective mechanisms for student mental health using structural equation modelling. Results provided support for insulating effects: both internal assets such as emotion regulation and external recourses such as social network supportiveness and cultural fit in university (i.e., perceived congruity betw

SUBMITTER: Fang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11878744 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature