Social support and emotional regulation ability: a correlational study in autoimmune patients

Abstract

This study focuses on examining the relationship between social support and emotional regulation among individuals with autoimmune diseases. The hypothesis proposed in this study is that there is a positive relationship between social support and emotional regulation in individuals with autoimmune diseases. The study involved 97 individuals with autoimmune diseases as research participants and employed a total sampling technique. A quantitative research method was applied, with data collected using social support and emotional regulation scales. Data analysis was conducted through assumption testing, including normality and linearity tests, as well as Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis using IBM SPSS Statistics version 22. The results showed a correlation coefficient of r = 0.377 with a significance value of p = 0.000 (p < 0.05), indicating a positive and significant relationship between social support and emotion regulation. This finding suggests that higher levels of social support are associated with better emotional regulation among individuals with autoimmune diseases. Conversely, lower levels of social support are related to poorer emotional regulation.