Effect of Distress Tolerance and Emotional Self-Regulation on Complicated Grief with the Mediating Role of Social Support in Survivors of Kermanshah Earthquake

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of health psychology, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran

2 Department of clinical psychology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Grief is a natural response to loss that has a physical, psychological, or social aspect. This study aimed to determine the effect of distress tolerance and emotional self-regulation on complicated grief with the mediating role of social support.

Materials and Methods: The present descriptive research used structural equation modeling design. The statistical population consisted of all survivors of the Kermanshah earthquake who were suffering from complicated grief in 2019. The participants were selected using the convenience sampling method. The required data were obtained by the Grief Experience Questionnaire, Social Support Scale, emotional self-regulation questionnaire, and distress tolerance questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling in SPSS (version 22) and SmartPLS (version 2) software.

Results: Based on the results, the relationship between the variables of the study was significant, and it can be said that distress tolerance, self-regulation, and social support have the ability to predict complicated grief (P<0.001). Moreover, it was found that social support had a mediating role between the effects of distress tolerance and emotional self regulation on complicated grief (P<0.001).

Conclusion: According to the results, earthquake survivors can control their grief after the earthquake by increasing their distress tolerance and emotional self-regulation through social support.

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Razavi International Journal of Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 1234
October 2020
Pages 33-39

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