Investigating the Correlation between Handedness and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Asthma and Allergy Patients
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Abstract
Background: Asthma and allergic diseases are common chronic non-communicable conditions that can negatively impact the quality of life of patients. Psychological factors play a role in both the onset and progression of these conditions. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between handedness and emotion regulation and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in patients with asthma and allergies in Isfahan, central Iran.
Methods: We employed a causal-comparative research design. The study population consisted of all patients visiting Asthma and Allergy Clinic in Isfahan. One hundred participants were selected through probability sampling. Data were collected using the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire, and were analyzed using univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA).
Results: Cognitive emotion regulation was significantly different between right-handed and left-handed patients with asthma and allergies (P=0.0001). A significant difference was also observed between the two groups in their emotion regulation strategies (P=0.031). The rate of positive and negative cognitive regulation strategies was higher in left-handed individuals with asthma and allergies, compared to right-handed individuals.
Conclusion: Overall, handedness has a significant impact on the behavior and mental health of patients suffering from asthma and allergies. Therefore, handedness should be taken into consideration in interventions for emotion regulation.
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3. Bidad N, Barnes N, Griffiths C, et al (2018). Understanding patients' percep-tions of asthma control: a qualitative study. Eur Respir J, 51(6): 1701346.
4. Smits D, Brigis G, Pavare J, et al (2017). Factors related to good asthma control using different medical adherence scales in Latvian asthma patients: an ob-servational study. NPJ Prim Care Respir Med, 27(1): 39.
5. Kotses H, Bernstein L, Bernstein DI, et al (1995). A self-management program for adult asthma. Part 1: Development and evaluation. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 95(2):529-40
6. Put C, van den Bergh O, Lemaigre V, et al (2003). Evaluation of an individualised asthma programme directed at behav-ioural change. Eur Respir J, 21(1):109-15.
7. Ross CJM, Davis TMA, MacDonald GF (2005). Cognitive behavioral treatment combined with asthma education for adults with asthma and panic disorder. Clin Nurs Res, 14(2):131-57.
8. Bailey WC, Richards JM, Brooks M, et al (1990). A randomized trial to improve self-management practices of adults with asthma. Arch Intern Med, 150(8):1664-8.
9. Lehrer PM, Hochron SM, Mayne T, et al (1994). Relaxation and music therapies for asthma among patients prestablized on asthma medication. J Behav Med,17(1):1-24.
10. Hockemeyer J, Smyth J (2002). Evaluating the feasibility and delicacy of a self-administered manual-based stress man-agement intervention for individuals with asthma: results from a controlled study. Behav Med, 27(4):161-72
11. Chiu CY, Chan YL, Tsai MH, et al (2019). Gut microbial dysbiosis is associated with allergen-specific IgE responses in young children with airway allergies. World Allergy Organ J, 12 (3):100021.
12. Shakurnia A, Asarezadegan MA, Mozaffari, AS, et al (2013). Study of the prevalence of respiratory allergies in allergic pa-tients in Ahwaz. Jundishapur Sci Med J, 1 (82): 81-90.
13. Varasteh A, Jabbari Azad F, Sankian M (2008). "Food allergy". J Birjand Univ Med Sci, 15 (2): 5-20.
14. Mohammadzadeh I, Ranjbar B, Alizadeh Navai R, et al (2012). Mite allergy in children with allergies. J. Babol Univ Med Sci, 14(4): 78-82.
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18. Sepehrban A, Asadi F, Asadnia S, et al (2014). The relationship between at-tachment styles and coping strategies with the difficulties of emotion regula-tion in adolescence. Urmia Med J, 25 (10):922-930.
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22. Alipour A, Sadeghi Z, Mohammad Beigi A, et al (2013). Personality and handedness; does the personality of left-handed, right-handed and ambidextrous individ-uals differ. J Res Behav Res Sci, 10(7): 690-7.
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26. Gross JJ, John OP (2003). Individual dif-ference in two emotion regulation pro-cesses: Implications for affect, relation-ships, and well-being. J Pers Soc Psychol, 85(2):348-362.
27. Hasani J (2017). Validity, Reliability and Confirmatory Factor Structure of Ado-lescent’s Emotion Regulation Question-naire. Developmental Pscychology, 13(51):285-295.
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30. Hosseinian N, Alipour A, AghaYousefi A, et al (2017). The Relationship between Physical Complaints and Depressive Symptoms with Superiority, J Neuropsy-chol, 3 (10): 81-92.
31. Mokhtari S, Neshat Doost H T, Molavi H, (2008). Investigating the effectiveness of group-based cognitive-behavioral thera-py on depression and physical com-plaints of patients with multiple sclero-sis. J Psychol, 12(3): 242-251.
32. Shiekhy S, Issazadegan A, Khademi A, et al (2013). The comparisons of psycho-pathology dimensions and quality of life (QOL) in people with and without asthma. Studies in Medical Sciences, 24 (7): 518-526.
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Shahandeh M, Shahandeh K, Shiralian M. Investigating the Correlation between Handedness and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Asthma and Allergy Patients. Iran J Public Health. 2024;53(7):1651-1658.
