The mediating role of emotion regulation on relation of psychological distress and Cognitive -Attentional Syndrome of mothers with psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer in COVID-۱۹ pandemic

Introduction: The traits of psychology, emotional and cognitive of mother effect psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer. Present study aimed to determine the mediating role of emotion regulation on relation of psychological distress and Cognitive -Attentional Syndrome of mothers with psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer in COVID-۱۹ pandemic. Methods: Method was correlation. Statistical Population were adolescents with cancer in the clinical centers of cancer and their mothers in early ۵ months on ۲۰۲۲ in Tehran. ۱۲۲ participants selected by Voluntary sampling. Data were collected by questionnaires of Derogatis, s (۱۹۸۶) psychological adjustment Kesler & et al, s (۲۰۰۳) psychological distress, Veles & et al, s (۱۹۸۶) Cognitive -Attentional Syndrome and Garnefski & et al, s (۲۰۰۶) emotion regulation strategies and analyzed by Pearson’s correlation, hierarchy regression and Sobel test. Results: there is a negative and significant relationship between psychological distress, Cognitive -Attentional Syndrome and negative emotion regulation of mothers with psychological adjustment in adolescents with cancer and there is a positive and significant relationship between positive emotion regulation of mothers with psychological adjustment (p<۰.۰۱). The results of hierarchy regression showed that positive and negative emotion regulation of mothers mediate on psychological distress, Cognitive -Attentional Syndrome and negative emotion regulation with psychological adjustment in adolescents with cancer (p<۰.۰۱).  Conclusions: psychological distress, Cognitive -Attentional Syndrome of mothers decrease psychological adjustment in adolescents with cancer through expressing negative feelings and inefficient believes. Positive emotion regulation of mothers increase psychological adjustment of adolescents with cancer through moderating and effacing emotions and cognitions of mothers.

کلیدواژه ها:

Distress ، Cognitive -Attentional Syndrome ، adjustment ، Cancer ، COVID-۱۹ ، Emotion ، پریشانی روانی ، نشانگان شناختی- توجهی ، سازگاری ، سرطان ، کووید-۱۹ ، تنظیم هیجان