en Anxiety and Stress پژوهشي Research Article Background: The comorbidity of generalized anxiety and major depressive disorders and the challenges of distress disorders create a model such as emotion dysregulation.&nbsp;<br> Objectives: The present study aimed at examining the emotion dysregulation model of distress symptoms in a community sample.<br> Materials and Methods: A total of 508 individuals were recruited from a community sample, using convenience sampling method. The participants filled in the questionnaires that assess their safety motivation and emotional intensity, emotion regulation strategies (attentional control, acceptance, decentering, and reappraisal), and distress symptoms (depression, generalized anxiety symptoms, worry, and rumination). The structural equation modeling was used to assess the fitness model.<br> Results: The model yielded a good fitness (&chi;²=64.51, df=26, &chi;²/df=2.48, P<0.001, CFI=0.97, GFI=0.97, PCFI=0.56, and RMSEA=0.05). The emotion dysregulation model of distress symptoms has an acceptable fitness.<br> Conclusion: The mediating role of emotion regulation strategies in this model highlights the important effects of emotion regulation abilities in protecting individuals suffering from distress symptoms. Emotion, Motivation, Anxiety, Depression 11 18 http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-141-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Imaneh Abasi emaneabassi@yahoo.com 10031947532846001186 10031947532846001186 No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Latif Moradveisi latif.moradveisi@gmail.com 10031947532846001187 10031947532846001187 Yes Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. Mohammad Ebrahim Sarichloo mesarichloo@yahoo.com 10031947532846001188 10031947532846001188 No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Maryam Aslzaker m_aslezaker@yahoo.com 10031947532846001189 10031947532846001189 No Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Sadegh Nasri test@sru.ac.ir 10031947532846001190 10031947532846001190 No Department of Education and Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.