compare stressors and coping strategies in patients with skin diseases and normal individuals

aim: the present study was conducted in order to investigate stressors and coping strategies in patients suffering from skin diseases and in normal persons.    method: the research method was causal-comparative. the sample consisted of 100 patients and 100 normal people. for the data collection, two instruments of coping strategies scale of lazarus (1985), and paykel life event inventory (1971) were used. multivariate analysis of variance was used for testing of hypothesis   results: the findings of the study indicated that there was no significant difference on stressors of the members of the two groups and the two groups were only different in appraisal intensity of stress. it means that the mean of stress appraisal in the patient group was higher than the normal group. in addition, among the coping strategies, there was a significant difference between the two groups only with regard to positive reassessment coping, i.e., normal people obtained higher scores than the patient group in the positive reassessment. but in the other copies strategies, no significant difference was observed.   conclusion: the findings of the study can be used to intervene in the mental health and treatment of skin diseases