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The Moderating Effect of Emotion Regulation Between Fear of COVID-19 and Quality of Life Among Lebanese Adults
Jana Berro1, Marwan Akel2, Diana Malaeb2,3
1Faculty of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
Abstract:
To evaluate the moderating effect of emotion regulation between fear of COVID-19 and quality of life (QOL) among a sample of Lebanese adults.
Abstract:
This cross-sectional study included 449 participants who completed an online survey (between December 2020 and January 2021).
Abstract:
Higher positive (P = .047) and negative (P = .001) affect were associated with better physical QOL. Higher positive affect (P < .001) and cognitive reappraisal (P = .031) were associated with better mental QOL. The interactions fear of COVID-19 by cognitive reappraisal (P = .002) and fear of COVID-19 by expressive suppression (P = .003) were significantly associated with mental QOL. In people with high fear of COVID-19, high cognitive reappraisal and low expressive suppression were associated with better mental QOL.
Abstract:
The results suggest that those providing mental health services during a pandemic should bolster their patients' use of cognitive reappraisal rather than expressive suppression and positive affect rather than negative affect to improve their mental and physical QOL. Awareness in all settings, from home to school/university to workplace, is recommended to restore balance in the lives of individuals during stressful times, with emotion and mental health at the center.
Abstract:
Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2023;25(6):23m03546.
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Author affiliations are listed at the end of this article.
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