Predicting Hardness, Resilience and Self-Differentiation based on Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies in Patients with MS in Hamadan

MS disease has a negative effect on the psychological well-being of patients, and on the other hand, strategies for cognitive regulation of emotions are important in order to prevent psychological problems. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of determining the prediction of psychological factors such as hardiness, resilience, and self-differentiation based on cognitive emotion regulation strategies in patients with MS.

The present study was a descriptive-analytical correlational study. The statistical population includes all MS patients living in Hamadan city in 2019, which according to the statistics obtained from the Hamadan MS Association, their number was 3050. Based on the "Morgan" table, 341 patients with MS were studied, who were selected by available sampling. The measurement tools include Kubasa et al.'s hardiness questionnaire, Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire, Skorn and Smith's revised self-differentiation questionnaire, and Garnevsky et al.'s cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire. SPSS-23 software and Pearson correlation and linear regression tests were used for data analysis.

The results showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between the cognitive regulation of emotions and hardiness (r=0.392), resilience (r=0.165) and self-differentiation (r=0.23) in patients with MS (P<0.001), and based on the results of the regression test, the factors of hardiness, resilience and self-differentiation have the ability to significantly predict the level of cognitive regulation of emotions in patients (P<0.001).

The use of cognitive regulation of emotions by MS patients leads to improvement of their hardiness, resilience and self-differentiation. Therefore, health care providers are advised to seek training and strengthening the cognitive regulation of emotion in these patients in order to increase their toughness, resilience and differentiation in them to deal with the difficult conditions of the disease.