Estrés y su relación en la regulación emocional en personal de la cruz roja ecuatoriana

Abstract

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the important role that mental health plays on a personal and collective level became evident. Humanitarian or health personnel have been especially affected by extreme conditions of exposure to stressful events, and the response to them can be unspecific in the organism, causing physical, cognitive, and emotional alterations; thus, the objective of this research is to determine the relationship between stress and emotional regulation in the personnel of the Ecuadorian Red Cross. The methodology used was a crosssectional correlational-descriptive type, the population consisted of 140 volunteers and contracted personnel from two branches in the center of the country, aged between 18 and 50 years; the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14) and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) were used, this test consists of two subscales: cognitive re-evaluation and expressive suppression. The results indicated a correlation between stress and the expressive suppression dimension (Rho=0.001, p<0.005), while there is no correlation between stress and cognitive reappraisal (Rho=0.267, p>0.005); in conclusion, the greater the expressive suppression, the higher the level of stress.