Relationship between Psychological Distress and Emotional Regulation among Cancer Patients

Maria Batool; Muhammad Sami Ullah  Awan; Qurat ul ain Fatima

doi:10.63056/

Authors

Maria Batool Lecturer at Iqra University Chak Shahzad Campus Islamabad Author
Muhammad Sami Ullah Awan Student at Iqra University Chak Shahzad Campus Islamabad Author
Qurat ul ain Fatima Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, National University of Modern Languages, Pakistan Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63056/

Keywords:

Cancer patients, Psychological distress and Emotional regulation

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychological distress, and emotional regulation among cancer patients. Survey research design was used to examine the interrelationship between the variables. Sample of study consist of 110 cancer patients, for this purpose data was collected from different hospitals. Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), and emotional regulation questionnaire (ERQ) were used to collect the data for the study. The analysis was conducted through different statistical techniques on SPSS-21 Software. For the analysis Pearson product momentum correlation was used. Result shows that there is a negative relationship between psychological distress and cognitive reappraisal and positive relationship between psychological distress and expressive suppression among cancer patients. Cognitive reappraisal decreases psychological distress and expressive suppression increases psychological distresses among cancer patients. The result of descriptive studies indicated that Cronbach’s alpha of all the scales is in acceptable range.