The Effectiveness of Emotional Regulation Training on Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Psychological Capital of those who have Recovered from Covid-19: A Semi-Experimental Study

The covid-19 pandemic has caused post-traumatic stress symptoms and a decrease in psychological capital in people. To solve these problems, interventions such as emotion management are needed. This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of emotional management training on post-traumatic stress symptoms and psychological capital of those who have recovered from Covid-19.

The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design along with a control group. The statistical population included those who recovered from Covid-19 in Bandar Abbas city in 2019. Among them, 27 people who recovered from Covid-19 were selected and replaced randomly by lottery in two experimental and control groups (13 people in the experimental group and 14 people in the control group). The people in the experimental group received emotional management training (10 sessions) and one session every week. The questionnaires used in this research included post-traumatic stress symptoms and psychological capital.

The results showed that before the intervention, there was no significant difference between the average scores of post-traumatic stress symptoms and the reduction of psychological capital in the intervention and control groups, but there was a statistically significant difference between the average scores in the intervention and control groups after the intervention. The mean and standard deviation of post-traumatic stress symptoms in the post-test was 41.46 ± 8.55 and psychological capital was 64.07 ± 9.86 (p<0.001).

According to the results of this research, emotion management training reduced post-traumatic stress symptoms and increased psychological capital in those who recovered from Covid-19. Since the favorable mental state of the patient has an effect on his recovery, the use of this method is recommended as an effective strategy to reduce the psychological problems of patients.