Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The study explored the moderated mediating role of gender on the relationship between
positive and negative beliefs about rumination mediated by emotion oriented coping.
METHODOLOGY: The research was a short survey. Data was collected from various institutes of
Islamabad and Rawalpindi during 2015-2016. A total of 514 employed professionals from different
organizations participated in the study. The questionnaires method was used. Responses were collected
on Positive Beliefs about Rumination Scale, Negative Beliefs about Rumination Scales and Emotion
Oriented Coping. Correlation analysis showed significant positive relationships among study variables
(ranging from .32 to .40; p < .01).
RESULTS: Results showed that direct path between negative beliefs about rumination and positive
beliefs about rumination was found mediated by emotion oriented coping. The direct effects between
positive beliefs about rumination and negative beliefs about rumination (β = .31, p < .01, ∆R2
= .23), and
the indirect effects between positive and negative beliefs about rumination through emotion- oriented
coping (β = .10, p < .05, ∆R2 = .18) disclosing mediating effects of emotion oriented coping.
CONCLUSION: Emotional coping was thus found to be a process through which individuals can ‘let go
of’ factors that may be causing them stress and they can attain a temporary sense of calm. Previous
research had hinted upon the cathartic nature of emotional coping but it wasn’t clear whether the
relationship would be significant or not. The current research is step towards providing empirical
evidence for this relationship. Secondly, the article specifies the direction of the relationship between
positive beliefs about rumination, emotion oriented coping and negative beliefs about rumination.
Aisha Muneer, Jamil A Malik, Raiha Aftab. (2019) Metacognitive Self-Regulation: The Mediating Role of Emotion Oriented Coping between Positive and Negative Beliefs about Rumination amongst Pakistani Adult, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-18, Issue-1.
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