Emotional Regulation Cognitive Strategies in Psoriasis Patients and Non-Psoriasis Individuals

Background and Aim : the connection between emotions and skin diseases has been known for decades. Disordered patterns of emotional regulation in skin, could intensify and maintain their situation. therefore The aim of this research was to compare the cognitive emotion regulation strategies ( adaptive and maladaptive) in psoriasis patients and non-psoriasis individuals in Ahvaz city.Methods : : The research method was casual- comprative design. The population of this study was all patients with psoriasis and all non-psoriasis individuals in Ahvaz city. By using convenience sampling method, 100 individuals (50 psoriasis patients and 50 non-psoriasis) were selected as the sample. The instrument was Emotin Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) . Data were analyzed by using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) method using SPSS19Results : The results indicated that there was a significant difference between psoriasis patient and non-pesoriasis individuals in emotional regulation cognitive strategies (adaptive and maladaptive). Also, the psoriasis patients use the non-adaptive emotional regulation cognitive strategies more than adaptive emotional regulation cognitive strategies.Conclusion : According to the findings of this researche, it is possible that the and emotional cognitive regulation problems are considered in increasing psoriasis, and patients with psoriasis, like other skin diseases use more the non-adaptive emotional regulation cognitive strategies. Key Words: psoriasis, adaptive emotional regulation cognitive strategies, non- adaptive emotional regulation cognitive strategies.

کلیدواژه ها:

psoriasis ، emotional regulation cognitive ، non- adaptive emotional regulation cognitive strategies