Qom University of Medical Sciences Journal

Background and Objectives: Emotion regulation and management play a determinant role in health and prevention of mental disorders in patients with chronic disease. In this research the moderating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies was studied on the relationship between personality traits and quality of life in dialysis patients.

Method: The present study was conducted as a descriptive correlational study on 100 dialysis patients referred to hospitals of Qom province. All participants were asked to complete World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and NEO personality inventory. The research data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis.

Results: The results of moderated regression analysis revealed that maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies affect the relationship between all personality traits, except openness and quality of life, and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies have a moderating role only in the relationship among extraversion, agreeableness, and quality of life.

Conclusion: Based on the results of this research, personality traits play an important role in emotion regulation strategies as well as quality of life in dialysis patients.