The Relationship Between Discrimination, Emotional Dysregulation And Psychological Distress Among University Students

Abstract

  The present study aim was to examine the correlation between Discrimination, Psychological distress and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation among universities student. The objective of study is to investigate the correlation between discrimination, psychological distress and emotional dysregulation. The population of this study was comprised of all enrolled students in HEC recognized universities in KPK. The sample size was selected 324 students, which contain both male and female. In order to measure the variables, we used Everyday Discrimination scale (EDS), Psychological Distress (PDS) and Difficulty in Emotion regulation scale (DERS). Quantitative survey methodology was used to collect the data by adopting convenient sampling technique. A valid standardization scales used in Google form then online questionnaire sent to the student through contacts and QR code. Data were analyzed through SPSS. The result revealed that there was positively significant relationship of Everyday Discrimination with the DERS sub scales Strategies, Non- acceptance, Impulse, Goal, and Clarity (r =.36, .34, .41, .20, .29) except Awareness which is negatively non-significant (r=.11).Furthermore, according to our hypothesis there is positively Significant relationship of Psychological Distress with sub-scales of Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Strategies, non-acceptance, impulse, goal, and clarity (r=.53, .43, .47, .38, .46) except Awareness which is negatively non-significant (r=.14).

Keywords: Discrimination, Emotional Dysregulation, Psychological Distress, University Students, Mental Health