The role of family cohesion and adaptive patterns and cognitive emotion regulation strategies with perceptual stress levels during coronavirus epidemic

Coronavirus disease has led to many negative psychological consequences for people due to its high prevalence and increasing casualties. One of the negative consequences is stress. The aim of this study was to explain the role of family cohesion and adaptive patterns and cognitive emotion regulation strategies with the stress perceived during the coronavirus epidemic. The study was a descriptive correlational study that included a statistical population of all 18- to 60-year-olds who participated in the study online. The study sample consisted of 432 people who responded online to  Perceived Stress scale (PSS), Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES-III) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire )CERQ(. Multiple step-by-step regression analysis was used in SPSS-18 to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between perceived stress and cohesion and adaptive patterns of family and acceptance, positive refocusing, focus on planning, positive reappraisal and putting into perspective. The results also showed a positive and significant relationship between the components of self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing and other-blame with perceived stress. In addition, positive refocusing, other-blame, putting into perspective, rumination, adaptability, and positive reappraisal were able to predict respondentschr('39') perceived stress. Based on the results of the present study, the cohesion and adaptive patterns of family and cognitive emotion regulation strategies are among the factors influencing the perceived stress of the Iranian population during coronavirus epidemic and should be considered in psychological interventions