Age specificity of the mechanisms of emotional regulation and response to distress in physicians in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Vasil'chenko AS, Granovskaya RM, Pronicheva MM, et al. [Age specificity of the mechanisms of emotional regulation and response to distress in physicians in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic]. Rossiiskii psikhiatricheskii zhurnal [Russian Journal of Psychiatry]. 2021;(4):13-22. Russian
In a comparative study the aim was to determine the age specificity of the symptomatic response to distress and the mechanisms of emotional regulation in physicians. The data of 203 psychiatric specialists aged 21 to 65 years was analyzed. Analysis of the age characteristics of stress response showed a special role in the formation of the symptomatic profile of stress response of a subjective assessment of the situation. For each of the identified age groups the factor structure of the mechanisms of emotional regulation is described and its universal characteristics are highlighted.
Keywords healthcare workers; COVID-19 pandemic; age specificity; mechanisms of emotional regulation; stress response
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