The predicting of Corona disease anxiety based on cognitive emotional regulation,: the mediating role of family function

The Covid-19 pandemic presents the world with many problems in the dimensions of physical, psychological, social, economic, and political health. Therefore, investigating the influential factors on its psychological dimension could help reduce the anxiety caused by the epidemic. This study aimed to predict Corona disease anxiety based on cognitive emotional regulation with the mediating role of family function. From all of the employees and students in the Islamic Azad University, West Tehran branch, 204 persons were selected randomly in the 2020-2021 academic year. Subjects complete Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), Family Assessment Device (FAD), and Cognitive-Emotion Regulation Questionnaires (CERQ). The results of the present study showed that the direct effects of adaptive strategies of cognitive emotional regulation and maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotional regulation on Corona disease anxiety components (psychological and physical symptoms), as well as negative direct effects of cognitive emotional regulation components on family function were significant (P<0/05). Also, significant and negative relationships existed between family function and Corona disease anxiety components. According to the findings, family function mediated the relationship between the two components of cognitive emotional regulation and Corona disease anxiety components. Thus, the results of the present study, in addition to expanding the research literature, emphasize the role of individual and family characteristics in predicting Corona disease anxiety and highlight the necessity of remarking on these factors to reduce it.