Mental Health and Emotional Regulation in students of traditional universities of the IV region, Chile during COVID-19

Abstract

Mental Health and Emotional Regulation are crucial for the human being. There is a growing concern about the deterioration of mental health in Chile, added to the exceptional changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The present research aims to determine the relationship between Mental Health and Emotional Regulation of students from Traditional Universities of the Coquimbo Region, Chile. The sample consisted of 117 participants who are currently studying an undergraduate degree. The applied instruments were the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and the Emotional Regulation Difficulties (DERS-E). The analysis of a Pearson correlation coefficient and T-student revealed that mental health had a positive and significative relation with emotional regulation. Likewise, women showed greater stress, anxiety and greater problems in regulating emotions than men.