Mindfulness and its relationship with resilience among Vietnamese undergraduates: A quantitative study.

Mental health has gained tremendous interest among researchers during the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020. Various programs for mindfulness and resilience training have also been introduced in response to help people cope with stress and adversity, both in clinical and nonclinical settings. Yet, their interplay remains underexplored in Vietnam. This study aimed to investigate the mindfulness-resilience relationship among university students. Undergraduates (N = 490) from various universities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, participated in a survey in which they reported the level of their mindfulness in everyday situations and how they recover from stress and difficulties. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Short Form and the Brief Resilience Scale were used as research instruments for the present study. The results revealed that (a) mindfulness and resilience showed a strong positive correlation, indicating that students with higher mindfulness also tended to report greater resilience (r = .89); (b) regression analysis demonstrated that mindfulness significantly predicted resilience, even after accounting for other variables (R² = .788); and (c) among the five facets of mindfulness, observation, description, nonreactivity, and nonjudgmental inner experience were significant predictors of resilience (p < .001), while aware actions was not (p = .264). These findings address a research gap in Vietnam, offering insights for culturally relevant mental health interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).