خلاصة:
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of emotion selfregulation
with phobia in students of the University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, and
University of Delhi, India.
Methods: We used a cross-sectional design for this study. In this study, 686 students (400
students of the University of Sistan and Baluchestan and 286 students of University of Delhi of
India) were selected via Convenience sampling method. Data collection tools were Miller and
Brown’s emotional self-regulation questionnaire and Marks and Mathews Phobia Questionnaire.
This study was analyzed by the use of Pearson’s correlation coefficient as well as stepwise
regression. SPSS version 21 was used for measuring the variables.
Results: The results of this study in students of Delhi University indicated that subscales of
searching for options and Assessing the plan’s effectiveness are negatively correlated with a
phobia of blood/injection/physical damage, and the subscale of formulating a plan is negatively
correlated with social phobia. According to regression analysis, data showed that the subscale
searching for options (Beta=-0.21) was the best predictors of phobia of blood/injection/physical
damage, and alone accounted for 4% of the variance. Also, the subscale of formulating a
plan (Beta=-0.146) was the best predictors of social phobia and alone accounted for 2.1% of
the variance. Compared to the students of the University of Delhi, the results of students of
University of Sistan and Baluchestan showed that the subscale of evaluating the information
and comparing it to norms and assessing the plan’s effectiveness is positively correlated
with a phobia of blood/injection/physical damage, and the total score of phobia. According
to regression analysis, data demonstrated that the subscales of evaluating the information
and comparing it to norms (Beta=0.147) and assessing the plan’s effectiveness were the best
predictors of phobia of blood/injection/physical damage, and together accounted for 4.6% of
the variance. In addition, the subscale of assessing the plan’s effectiveness (Beta=0.113) was
the best predictors of total phobia score and alone accounted for 1.3% of the variance.
Conclusion: Therefore, we concluded that culture and society play effective roles in the
form of response and expressing emotions. Depending on the culture of each country, both
emotional regulation and phobia are different among the members of that society.
ملخص الجهاز:
"Compared to the students of the University of Delhi, the results of students of University of Sistan and Baluchestan showed that the subscale of evaluating the information and comparing it to norms and assessing the plan’s effectiveness is positively correlated with a phobia of blood/injection/physical damage, and the total score of phobia.
Gross & Thompson (2007) reported that emo- tion regulation is the process of initiating, maintaining, modifying or changing the occurrence, intensity or con- tinuation of internal feeling; and emotion is related to social, psychological, and physical processes in fulfill- ing personal goals.
Results of Table 3 showed that among the students of University of Delhi, out of the different emotional self-regulative subscales, only the subscales of search- ing for options and planning have a negative and sig- nificant relationship with a phobia of blood/injection/ physical damage and social phobia respectively.
Compared to the students of University of Delhi, the results of students of University of Sistan and Baluchestan showed that out of the different sub- scales of emotional self-regulation, only the subscale of retrieval and assessing the plan’s effectiveness have positive and significant relationship with phobia of blood/injection/physical damage, and also with the to- tal score of phobia (P˂0.
In addition, the results of students of the University of Sistan and Baluchestan showed that the subscale of Evaluating the information and comparing it to norms and Assessing the plan’s effectiveness is positively correlated with a phobia of blood/injection/physical damage, and the total score of phobia."