A Research on Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Strategies and Intolerance of Uncertainty in The COVID-19 Process

Abstract

In this study, interpersonal emotion regulation strategies and intolerance of uncertainty levels of individuals were investigated. A descriptive study was conducted and the relational screening method was used. The study group of the research consists of 320 individuals. As data collection tools, "Personal Information and Questionnaire Form", to determine individuals’ emotion regulation strategies "Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Scale (IERS)", to measure the intolerance of uncertainty levels "Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12)" were employed. In addition to the descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequencies), independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted since the assumptions of the parametric tests were met. As a result of the statistical analyses, while no statistically significant difference was yielded in all sub-dimensions of interpersonal emotion regulation based on the individuals’ mean scores according to the gender variable, a significant difference was revealed regarding the sub-dimension of gaining a perspective in favour of the 41-50 age group in terms of the age variable, and in favour of married individuals with respect to the marital status variable. It was detected that there is a negative relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and the sub-dimensions of interpersonal emotion regulation. In addition, it was observed that as sub-dimensions of the intolerance of uncertainty, %10 of the variation in the concern for the future, and %3 of the variation in the inhibitory anxiety are predicted by interpersonal emotion regulation variable