The relationship between avoidance and symptoms of long-term bereavement disorder with the mediating role of negative emotion regulation

Hagnazari Esfahlan, Armin; Yousefi, Rahim; Abbasi Gharibeh, Nadiya

doi:10.22051/psy.2025.48263.3026

The relationship between avoidance and symptoms of long-term bereavement disorder with the mediating role of negative emotion regulation

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ M.A in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education Psychology

² Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education & Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

³ M.A in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education & Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

10.22051/psy.2025.48263.3026

Abstract

Bereavement is a stressful life event that can lead to psychopathology in a significant minority of people. Knowledge about the factors that determine the psychological consequences of bereavement may help to improve treatments for bereaved people. The aim of the present study is to investigate the mediating role of maladaptive emotion regulation styles in the relationship between avoidance and long-term bereavement. The current research method is analytical and correlational research design of the structural equation type. The research sample was 310 students of Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan who were randomly selected and participated in the research. Research tools: Parker and Endler Coping Styles Questionnaire (CISS), cognitive regulation of emotion (CERQ-36) and long-term bereavement questionnaire (PGD-13). In order to analyze the research data, spss26 and amos24 software were used. The results of the research showed that there is a high correlation between avoidance and negative styles of emotion regulation with long-term grief disorder, and the research model also showed that avoidance with the mediation of negative styles of negative emotion regulation, rumination, blaming others and catastrophizing can be a cause of grief disorder. to predict the long term that the effect size of this route is 0/74.

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