objective: personality is the most important infrastructure factor in addiction, and substance abusers have certain personal weaknesses that make them vulnerable to addiction. this study examined the role of sensation-seeking and coping strategies in predicting drug addiction in high school students.  methods: this study is a descriptive–correlational research. multi-stage cluster sampling was ...

conclusions children use variable methods to cope with their stress. therefore, parents, health trainers and school authorities should distinguish non-adaptive methods of children and teach them the adaptive coping strategies. results all coping methods inserted in the questionnaire were used by students. more than 70% of students mentioned “pray”, “say i’m sorry or tell the truth”, and “try to...

background & aim: although pregnancy seems to be a pleasant experience in a women’s life, the accompanied physical and psychological changes lead to high levels of stress in mothers. prenatal stress widely affects the physical and mental health of mothers and infants; therefore, adopting appropriate coping strategies are highly required. considering the importance of coping strategies in psycho...

background: psychological problems of infertility can be a contributory factor in intensity of infertility. the aim of this study was to estimate the effectiveness of coping techniques training on coping strategies of infertile women in kermanshah. methods: among the women who visiting infertile clinic, 40 volunteer women had been chosen and randomly divided equally into two experimental and co...

background: this study was aimed to investigate the main and buffering effects of positive religious coping on the association between the number of chronic medical conditions and major depressive disorder (mdd) among african americans, caribbean blacks and non‑hispanic whites. methods: this cross‑sectional study used data from the national survey of american life, 2001 and 2003. this study enr...