Relationship of strategies for emotion cognitive adjustment with psychological well-being and anxiety in mothers with cancer children

Abed Mahdavi, Mahjubeh Pahlevani, Maryam Aghaei, Vian Aminnasab, Hurieh Haji, Simin Gholamrezaei

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 2017 10(3):702-706

Background and Purpose: The present study was aimed to examine the relationship between strategies of emotion cognitive adjustment and psychological well-being with anxiety in mothers with cancer children. Materials and Methods: The statistical population of the study consisted of 86 individuals, who were selected using convenience sampling method; they responded to psychological well-being and anxiety questionnaires. Results: The research method was descriptive of a correlational type. Data obtained from questionnaires were analyzed through multivariate regression in SPSS software, after being marked. Findings showed that there is a significant relationship between emotion cognitive adjustment strategies and anxiety and psychological well-being in mothers with cancer children. Conclusion: Results showed that emotion cognitive adjustment predicts about 27.1% of anxiety changes and about 26.8% of psychological well-being changes in mothers with cancer children.

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