The Relationship between Emotional Dysregulation, Ontological Well-Being, and Psychological Well-Being in Refugees

Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Research in Psychology

Year: 2023

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33422/3rd.icrpconf.2023.03.101

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The Relationship between Emotional Dysregulation, Ontological Well-Being, and Psychological Well-Being in Refugees

Dr. Gizem Akcan

ABSTRACT: 

Emotional dysregulation leads to psychological symptoms in refugees that are experienced in post migration process. Refugees with emotional dysregulation evaluate their whole life includes past, present and future timelines as negative because of their negative mood. Accordingly, they feel hopeless about the future and their psychological well-being decrease. The aim of this study is to examine whether emotional dysregulation and ontological wellbeing predict psychological well-being in refugees. The participants of this study consisted of 323 (248 men, 75 women) refugees between the ages of 18-49. The mean age of the participants was 28.66 and the standard deviation was 7.05. When the results of the research were examined, it was found that psychological well-being was negatively correlated with emotion regulation difficulty and positively correlated with ontological well-being. Ontological wellbeing and difficulty in emotional regulation together explain 46 % of psychological well-being.

keywords: emotional dysregulation, ontological well-being, psychological well-being, refugees, migration