Impact of emotional exhaustion, cognitive reappraisal, and mindful attention awareness on flourishing: A moderated mediation approach

This study was conducted to elucidate effective emotion regulation strategies forpromoting well-being in conditions of emotional exhaustion. To achieve this goal, Thisstudy examined the mediating effect of cognitive reappraisal on the relationship betweenemotional exhaustion and flourishing. Also, within this pathway, this study validated amoderated mediation model in which mindfulness attention awareness moderated therelationship between emotional exhaustion and cognitive reappraisal. A total of 345university students participated in our survey. Using structural equation modeling, theresults confirmed that cognitive reappraisal partially mediated the relationship betweenemotional exhaustion and flourishing. Additionally, a moderated mediating effect of mindfulattention awareness emerged in the pathway from emotional exhaustion to flourishingthrough cognitive reappraisal. Finally, This study discussed effective emotion regulationstrategies, limitations of this study, and suggested directions for future research.