2023/06/04 by Dulce María Romero-Ayuso, Dulce María Romero Ayuso, Abel Toledano-González +6
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research #Occupational Therapy Practice and Research #Stress and Burnout Research
paper · doi:10.1177/00084174231178440
crossref issued 2023/06/04 · crossref published 2023/06/04 · crossref published-online 2023/06/04 · openalex publication_date 2023/06/04 · crossref created 2023/06/05 · crossref published-print 2024/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref deposited 2026/04/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23 · crossref indexed 2026/08/02
Background. Serious mental illness affects daily functioning, including occupational balance. Purpose. This study aims to compare occupational balance and emotional regulation between people with serious mental illness and the healthy population and to examine the relationship between occupational balance and emotional regulation. Method. A cross-sectional study was performed. Occupational balance and emotional regulation were measured using the Occupational Balance Questionnaire and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire, respectively. A multivariate analysis (analysis of covariance) was conducted. Findings. The sample consisted of 112 individuals, divided into two groups: the serious mental illness group ( n = 55); and the healthy group ( n = 57). People with serious mental illness reported lower occupational balance and lower cognitive reappraisal than the healthy population. Furthermore, the higher cognitive reappraisal, the higher the occupational balance, and the higher the expressive suppression, the lower the occupational balance. Conclusion. The results provide preliminary evidence of the relationship between occupational balance and emotional regulation.