en Nursing Management Nursing Management توصيفی و نظرسنجی Descriptive Study <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Aims:</span></span></span></b> <span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif">Nurses experience high job stress, which can make them vulnerable to psychological distress. Psychological mechanisms such as emotion regulation and maladaptive daydreaming can modulate psychological distress. Therefore, this study investigated the interactive effect of difficulty in emotion regulation and maladaptive daydreaming on nurses&rsquo; psychological distress.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Instrument & Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"> This cross-sectional study was conducted on 186 nurses in Mashhad, Iran. Participants completed the Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, the Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale, and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using correlation and moderator regression analyses with SPSS 27 software</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif">.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Findings:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif">After controlling for the effect of age, the main effect of maladaptive daydreaming on psychological distress was not significant, while the main effect of difficulty in emotion regulation was significant in predicting psychological distress (p<0.01). The interactive effect of maladaptive daydreaming and difficulty in emotion regulation on psychological distress was significant (R&sup2; change=0.019 and p<0.027). In other words, difficulty in emotion regulation had a moderating role in the relationship between maladaptive daydreaming and psychological distress.</span></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif"><span style="color:#44546a">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif">Difficulty in emotion regulation has a moderating role in the relationship between maladaptive daydreaming and psychological distress.</span></span></span></span></span></span> Emotion Regulation,Fantasy,Psychological Distress,Nurses, 11 16 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-329-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 M. Amani 10031947532846005352 10031947532846005352 Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran S.S. Kazemi 10031947532846005353 10031947532846005353 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran F. Nazari 10031947532846005354 10031947532846005354 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran