The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the effect of tourism industry employees' fear of COVID-19 and death perceptions on their psychological distress.

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Tutar H., Erdem A. T., Karademir Ö.

PODIUM SPORT, LEISURE AND TOURISM REVIEW, vol.12, no.2, pp.253-276, 2023 (ESCI)

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Study objective: This study aims to determine the mediator role of cognitive emotion regulation in the effect of
the perception of death and fear of COVID-19 experienced by tourism sector employees on their psychological
distress.
Methodology/approach: The research is a cross-sectional study of quantitative research methods. The research
data were collected and analyzed with the help of scales from the tourism sector employees operating in Antalya
and Muğla, Turkey's tourism regions.
Originality/Value: It shows that cognitive emotion regulation ability is important for tourism workers who work
in close contact with tourists from different parts of the world and carry different variants of infectious diseases to
cope with their psychological distress.
Main results: Research results show that cognitive emotion regulation predicts psychological distress. Another
finding shows that cognitive emotion regulation reduces the perception of death and fear of COVID-19 and that
one psychological state also affects the other.
Theoretical/methodological contributions: In the research, it can be argued that examining the four variables
related to the psychological state of the tourism sector employees who come from various parts of the world and
interact with people carrying different disease viruses (nowadays monkeypox) will make a significant contribution
to the literature, practice and method.


Study objective: This study aims to determine the mediator role of cognitive emotion regulation in the effect of
the perception of death and fear of COVID-19 experienced by tourism sector employees on their psychological
distress.
Methodology/approach: The research is a cross-sectional study of quantitative research methods. The research
data were collected and analyzed with the help of scales from the tourism sector employees operating in Antalya
and Muğla, Turkey's tourism regions.
Originality/Value: It shows that cognitive emotion regulation ability is important for tourism workers who work
in close contact with tourists from different parts of the world and carry different variants of infectious diseases to
cope with their psychological distress.
Main results: Research results show that cognitive emotion regulation predicts psychological distress. Another
finding shows that cognitive emotion regulation reduces the perception of death and fear of COVID-19 and that
one psychological state also affects the other.
Theoretical/methodological contributions: In the research, it can be argued that examining the four variables
related to the psychological state of the tourism sector employees who come from various parts of the world and
interact with people carrying different disease viruses (nowadays monkeypox) will make a significant contribution
to the literature, practice and method.