Objective: To explore the effects of self-regulation on the stress response
of the general public in the public crisis of COVID 19, and to provide ideas for
psychological counseling in the face of public crisis. Methods: From February 20,
2020, the stress response questionnaire (SRQ) and self-regulation scale were used to
conduct online questionnaire survey in various regions of China. Results: According
to the analysis of variance, there were only significant differences in self-regulation
ability and its dimensions in different age groups (F=4.71, p<0.05), and gender, group
type, household situation and self-regulation ability were not significant. There were
no significant differences in gender variables, but significant differences in age (F=
3.30, p<0.05), group category (F=9.15***, p<0.001) and household status (F= 7.93***,
p<0.001). The correlation analysis results showed that the five dimensions of the total
score of self-regulation ability and its positive action, controlling force, emotional
expression, perseverance and happiness pursuit were significantly correlated with the
total score of stress response and its three dimensions of emotional response, physical
response and behavioral response (all p< 0.01). Linear regression analysis showed
that the regression coefficient Beta of self-regulation ability to stress response reached its significant level (p<0.001), and predicted 52.3% variation of stress response.
Conclusion: Self-regulation has an effect on individual stress response. The higher the
self-regulation ability is, the fewer cases of individual stress response will occur, and
the lower the level of individual stress response will be.