The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Corona Disease Anxiety and Health-Related Quality of Life in Students

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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

Abstract

The primary objective of this research was to ascertain the extent to which emotion regulation acts as a mediator between covid-19 anxiety and students' HRQoL. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Guilan province in the winter of 2021, involving 18,000 students. A total of 369 students wer​e selected at random and provided their responses voluntarily on three scales: the Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36), the Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire (ERSQ), and the online-adjusted Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS). The AMOS-24 software was utilized to conduct the data processing, employing the Pearson correlation coefficient and SEM technique. A statistically significant negative relationship was observed between anxiety related to the coronavirus and both HRQoL and emotion. A good fit was obtained by the mediator model (CFI = 0.944, RMSEA = 0.074). The results of the bootstrap analysis conducted using the MACRO program of SPSS-24 software indicate that there is no significant mediating effect of emotion regulation on the relationship between corona disease anxiety and HRQoL (p = 0.1998). The findings suggest that the important role of anxiety on HRQoL be considered and therapists and those in charge of macro-health policies put on the agenda the implementation of enterprises in the face with health conditions, the issue of coping with anxiety in their outcomes.

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research
Volume 15, Issue 1
2024
Pages 223-237

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  • Receive Date: 14 March 2023
  • Revise Date: 22 April 2023
  • Accept Date: 20 May 2023
  • First Publish Date: 07 January 2024
  • Publish Date: 20 April 2024

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