Prediction of death anxiety based on emotional self-regulation and self-efficacy in cancer patients

Introduction: Death anxiety can be one of the important psychological diagnoses in cancer patients.Aim: The peresent study aimed at predicting death anxiety based on emotional self-regulation and self-efficacy in cancer patients.Method: This is a descriptive correlational study.The statistical population included all of cancer patients in Kermanshah city in the years 2019.A sample of 150 cancer patients were randomly selected.Measurement tools included death anxiety questionnaire, Gross and John emotional self-regulation questionnaire, Scherrer self-efficacy questionnaire.To analyze the data, Pearson correlation coefficient and Concurrent regression were used.Results: The results showed that there is no significant relationship between emotional selfregulation and death anxiety (P=0.29,R=-0.087).But there is a significant inverse relationship between self-efficacy and death anxiety (P<0.001).Although The results of regression analysis showed that emotional self-regulation and self-efficacy predict 15% of the variance of the death anxiety variable. Conclusion:Based on the findings in this study, it is necessary to emphasize these psychological characteristics in educational, prevention and treatment programs in hospitals.