Predictive Role of Emotion Regulation Flexibility in the Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Sleep Deprivation among Medical Students

The current study was carried out to evaluate the predictive function of emotion regulation flexibility in the association between self-efficacy and sleep deprivation among medical students. The current study also aimed to investigate the demographic differences in these variables. In the present study three instruments, the Emotion regulation questionnaire (ERQ; Gross & John, 2003), the General self-efficacy scale (GSE; Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PISQ; Buysse et al., 1989) were administered on a sample of 500 medical students along with demographic sheet. Study outcomes proved that emotion regulation flexibility has a substantial positive relationship with self-efficacy and both have a negative relationship with sleep deprivation. The results also showed that gender has non-significant differences in self-efficacy. In contrast, significant results in emotion regulation flexibility and sleep deprivation. In contrast, the institutional sector has substantial differences in emotion regulation flexibility and self-efficacy while non-significant differences in sleep deprivation. Results also concluded that social status has significant differences in self- efficacy and non-significant differences in emotion regulation flexibility and sleep deprivation. The results also demonstrate that the year of study has substantial differences in sleep deprivation while it has non-significant differences in emotion regulation flexibility and self-efficacy. The results also demonstrate that emotion regulation flexibility significantly predicts self-efficacy in a positive direction.