The COVID-19 pandemic negatively influenced mental health and the music industry. The present study examined the relationship of between personality traits and emotional regulation with emotional problems and compared this relationship across three groups of individuals living in Türkiye during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 542 participants (238 musicians, 97 artists excluding musicians, and 207 participants who engaged in no form of art). The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Brief Form (DERS-16), and Basic Personality Traits Inventory were used. Findings showed that difficulties in emotion regulation were positively associated with stress, depression, and anxiety in all groups. The pattern of the relationship between personality traits and outcome measures was similar across musicians and participants who engaged in no form of art, whereas that of difficulties in emotional regulation with personality traits was almost the same across the three groups. Except for the personality traits of extraversion and openness, group comparisons showed no differences across different measures. These findings suggest that difficulties in emotional regulation need to be a target for psychological interventions to reduce emotional problems for all three groups. Being a musician did not make any difference in terms of emotional regulation or the experience of psychological problems.

COVID-19 大流行对心理健康和音乐产业产生了负面影响。本研究调查了人格特质和情绪调节与情绪问题之间的关系，并比较了 COVID-19 大流行期间生活在土耳其的三组个体之间的这种关系。样本包括 542 名参与者（238 名音乐家、97 名不包括音乐家的艺术家和 207 名未从事任何艺术形式的参与者）。使用了抑郁、焦虑和压力量表 (DASS-21)、情绪调节困难量表简表 (DERS-16) 和基本人格特质量表。研究结果表明，情绪调节困难与所有群体的压力、抑郁和焦虑呈正相关。人格特质与结果测量之间的关系模式在音乐家和不从事任何形式艺术的参与者中是相似的，而情绪调节困难与人格特质之间的关系在三组中几乎相同。除了外向和开放的性格特征外，群体比较显示不同措施之间没有差异。这些发现表明，情绪调节困难需要成为心理干预的目标，以减少所有三个群体的情绪问题。作为一名音乐家在情绪调节或心理问题的经历方面没有任何区别。而具有人格特征的情绪调节困难在三组中几乎相同。除了外向和开放的性格特征外，群体比较显示不同措施之间没有差异。这些发现表明，情绪调节困难需要成为心理干预的目标，以减少所有三个群体的情绪问题。作为一名音乐家在情绪调节或心理问题的经历方面没有任何区别。而具有人格特征的情绪调节困难在三组中几乎相同。除了外向和开放的性格特征外，群体比较显示不同措施之间没有差异。这些发现表明，情绪调节困难需要成为心理干预的目标，以减少所有三个群体的情绪问题。作为一名音乐家在情绪调节或心理问题的经历方面没有任何区别。这些发现表明，情绪调节困难需要成为心理干预的目标，以减少所有三个群体的情绪问题。作为一名音乐家在情绪调节或心理问题的经历方面没有任何区别。这些发现表明，情绪调节困难需要成为心理干预的目标，以减少所有三个群体的情绪问题。作为一名音乐家在情绪调节或心理问题的经历方面没有任何区别。