THE RELATIONSHIP OF COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION STRATEGIES AND EMOTIONAL CREATIVITY WITH GENERAL HEALTH IN STUDENTS

Study and understanding the relationship between effective variables in general health of university students is very important. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship and predictability of general health by cognitive emotion regulation strategies and emotional creativity. In this study 323 students (169 females، 154males) were selected by stratified random sampling method from Urmia University. The participants were assessed using the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire (CERS-Q)، the Emotional Creativity Inventory (ECI) and the SCL-25 (short-form). The data was analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis. The findings showed that there was a significant relationship between general health with subscales of cognitive emotion regulation strategies including other-blame، catastrophizing، positive refocusing and acceptance (p<0. 01). There was also significant positive relationship between general health with emotional creativity such as effectiveness، novelty، and authenticity (p<0. 01). It was found that other-blame، catastrophizing، positive refocusing، acceptance and effectiveness، and authenticity accounted for 37. 2% and 17. 3% of variance of general health. The findings emphasized the need to recognize the role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies and emotional creativity in predicting student’s general health.