Emotional regulation as moderator of the stress-health relationship in unemployed Venezuelans

Abstract

This research aimed to assess the moderating role of emotional regulation in the relationship between length of unemployment and perceived physical and mental health of Venezuelan unemployed people. To do so, self-report instruments measuring each variable were applied to 328 unemployed residents in Caracas, Venezuela. Hierarchical regressions suggest that a longer period of unemployment is associated with a deterioration of the global health status, while regulating own emotions predicts a greater well-being for all the health indexes (anxiety, depression, somatization and social dysfunction). Additionally, regulating own emotions moderates the relationship between the period of unemploymen..