The Risk of COVID-19 Transmission

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the potential effect of emotional regulation on the medical staff ‎in ‎Algerian hospitals. A cross-sectional ‎ approach based on survey design was used in this study in ‎order ‎to answer the research questions. Data were collected by a questionnaire administered to a ‎sample ‎consisting of 153 randomly selected medical staff working at Algerian hospitals. The results ‎revealed ‎that the risk of COVID-19 transmission affected the emotional regulation of the medical staff ‎in ‎Algerian hospitals. It was also found that there were differences among participants in their ‎emotional ‎regulation that could be attributed to the variables of profession and workplace. The ‎results ‎highlighted the contributions of the positive and negative ‎emotional regulation strategies, ‎profession, ‎and workplace as mediating variables in ‎‏predicting the emotional regulation of medical ‎staff.‎ The results ‎have important implications for how best to help the medical staff fulfill their ‎emotions, thus being ‎better qualified for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.‎