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. 2024 Mar 20;12:1265350. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1265350

Table 6.

Ways of regulating negative emotions.

M ±SD Highly inconsistent Relatively inconsistent Difficult to confirm Relatively match Highly match
1. I regulate my anxiety and depression by learning, reading, and collecting information on the pandemic, N (%) 3.27 ± 1.13 32 (8.0) 81 (20.3) 70 (17.5) 179 (44.9) 37 (9.3)
2. Scope of social activities is reduced. I can relax properly through sports/online games/listening to music/watching videos, etc., N (%) 4.03 ± 0.90 10 (2.5) 22 (5.5) 29 (7.3) 222 (55.6) 116 (29.1)
3. I choose remote psychological consultation (telephone or Internet) to adjust, N (%) 2.25 ± 1.21 138 (34.6) 123 (30.8) 54 (13.5) 68 (17.0) 16 (4.0)
4. I communicate and talk with my family and friends over the phone or on the Internet for help, N (%) 3.65 ± 1.14 33 (8.3) 39 (9.8) 37 (9.3) 215 (53.9) 75 (18.8)