title: The role of emotional control in the regulation of mood in parents of children with mucopolysaccharidosis.
abstract: The aim of our study was to evaluate whether, on the basis of variables related to emotional control, we can anticipate mood change in parents of chronically ill children. Fifty-four parents of children with diagnosed mucopolysaccharidosis participated in the study that was carried out during a rehabilitation programme for children with rare metabolic diseases. To assess emotional control, a Polish adaptation of the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale was used, and mood was measured with the UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (UMACL). Mood was assessed twice, at an interval of 8 days, on the dimensions of hedonic tone, tense arousal and energetic arousal. The baseline level of each mood dimension accounted for about 30% of the mood variance measured after 8 days. After excluding the part of the mood variance associated with the baseline level, the variables related to emotional control appeared to be significant predictors of the mood assessed 8 days later. For hedonic tone, variables related to emotional control explained 15% of the variance; for tense arousal, it was 14% of the variance; and for energetic arousal, it was 10% of the variance. Depending on the type of emotion and the degree of control, differences in tendencies to respond with a particular mood were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Psychology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biernacka
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jakubowska-Winecka
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biernacki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D000786:Anger / Q000502:physiology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009083:Mucopolysaccharidoses / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis
keywords: children's rare disease; control of emotions; mood; parents