The Role of behavioral Emotion Regulation, Health Locus of Control, and Mindfulness in Predicting the Quality of Life in Improved Covid-19 Patients

This study aimed to investigate the role of behavioral emotion regulation, health locus of control, and mindfulness in predicting the quality of life in improved Covid-19 patients. The method of the present study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of this study consisted of all improved Covid-19 patients in Ardabil city, 200 of whom entered the study using the purposive sampling method. Data collection tools included standard behavioral emotion regulation questionnaire (Kraaj and Garnefski, 2019), Health Locus of Control questionnaire (Walson and De Willis,1978), Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (Beer, Smith, Hopkins, Kritmir, et al, 2004), and the World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire.  Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient test and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that quality of life was positively correlated with behavioral emotion regulation, mindfulness, and internal control and negatively correlated with external control. Regression results showed that mindfulness, behavioral emotion regulation, external control, and internal control explained 64% of the total variance in quality of life. These results suggest that behavioral emotion regulation, internal health locus of control, and mindfulness play an effective role in improving and enhancing the quality of life in improved Covid-19 patients.