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Md. Hassan Jafri and Priyanka Kumari
Patna University, Patna, India
Studies have revealed that psychological distress is widely prevalent among college
and university students, which may lead to various mental health problems and may
negatively affect their social functioning and academic performance. Scholars have
examined its antecedents and consequences, but not much attention is given to how
to protect people from its negative impact. This study examined the role of selfconnection
in reducing the perception of psychological distress. Espousing a crosssectional
design, the study was carried out on 275 college and university students. A
self-report questionnaire consisting of the study’s variables was used to gather data.
Correlations and regression analysis were applied to the obtained data. The analysis
revealed that self-connection is negatively and significantly associated with psychological
distress and explained around 18 percent of the variance. The study showed the
significance of self-connection in reducing psychological distress.