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The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of emotional dysregulation on the relationship between severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms and high caregiving intensity, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics among mothers caring for children diagnosed with life-limiting conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1478951526102211_sec2b\">\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using a cross-sectional descriptive design, a convenience sample of 192 mothers caring for children with life-limiting conditions was recruited and filled out an online self-administered questionnaire. Data were collected using online self-administered questionnaires regarding the sociodemographic characteristics of mothers and their children, emotional regulation difficulties (DERS), and the levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms among the mothers (DASS-21).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1478951526102211_sec3c\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The analysis showed that 21.4% and 7.8% of mothers had moderate and severe depressive symptoms, and 19.3% and 15.6% had moderate and severe anxiety symptoms, respectively. The analysis also showed that emotional dysregulation is associated with high levels of anxiety (\u03b2\u00a0=\u00a00.74,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) and depression (\u03b2\u00a0=\u00a00.74,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001); however, there was no significant moderating effect.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1478951526102211_sec4d\">\n                    <jats:title>Significance of results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Anxiety and depression are significant psychological distress among mothers caring for children with life-limiting conditions and can be aggravated by emotional dysregulation and caregiving burden. There is a need to integrate interdisciplinary teamwork and family-centered care to provide holistic care and offer early screening, detection, and emotional regulation-focused management programs for psychological distress at healthcare services that care for children with LLCs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1478951526102211","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,13]],"date-time":"2026-04-13T09:08:01Z","timestamp":1776071281000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Emotional dysregulation as a moderating factor on the relationship between the severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms and high caregiving intensity among mothers caring for children diagnosed with life-limiting conditions"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"24","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-7242-3641","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rufaida Hassan","family":"Ibdah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Nursing, Al-Ahliyya Amman University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fadi","family":"Zaben","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"An-Najah National University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rozan","family":"Al-Sarayreh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ayman","family":"Hamdan-Mansour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The University of Jordan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-orgpsych-032117-104640"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref34","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/bs14080709"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/02692163221122325"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/healthcare13131583"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref26","volume-title":"DBT\u00ae skills training manual","author":"Linehan","year":"2015"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/emo0000946"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"451","DOI":"10.1017\/S1478951523001712","article-title":"Emotion dysregulation and family functioning moderate family caregiving burden during the COVID-19 pandemic","volume":"22","author":"Lee","year":"2024","journal-title":"Palliative and Supportive Care"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/children11101227"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref25","volume-title":"Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder","author":"Linehan","year":"1993"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajp.2017.07.018"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10862-015-9514-x"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2018.00539"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1089\/pmr.2021.0072"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4266\/acc.2023.00430"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/archdischild-2017-312638"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/npr2.12442"},{"key":"S1478951526102211_ref41","unstructured":"Liang, et al. 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