Interpersonal Relationships and its Effects on Emotional Self-Regulation and Psychological Hardiness: Examination and Analysis – Case Study of Psychology Students of Islamic Azad University, Rudehen Branch

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of the quality of interpersonal relationships on emotional self-regulation and psychological hardiness using a case study of students of the Faculty of Psychology of Rudehen Islamic Azad University. The research employed a descriptive-correlational design, the statistical population of which consisted of the students of the Faculty of Psychology of Rudehen Islamic Azad University, during the academic year of 2021-2022. The research sample consisted of 200 people who were selected using simple random sampling. The participants then responded online to the Quality of Relationship Inventory (QRI) by Pierce et al. (1991), the Affective Style Questionnaire (ASQ) by Hoffman and Kashdan (2010) and the Hardiness Questionnaire by Kobasa et al. (1982). Stepwise multiple regression analysis was implemented in SPSS-26 for data analysis. The findings showed that emotional self-regulation and psychological hardiness were able to predict the quality of interpersonal relationships in the psychology students of the Rudehen Islamic Azad University. Ultimately, the findings of the current study advocate the idea of designing and implementing programs aimed at improving emotional self-regulation and psychological hardiness in psychology students, the improvement of which are deemed to provide the very foundations for improving the quality of interpersonal relationships.

Keywords: Quality of Interpersonal Relationships, Emotional Self-Regulation, Psychological Hardiness