Empirical evidence suggests that a domain-specific coping style may play an important role in the way students manage stressful academic events and perform at college. The purpose of this research was to examine the extent to which college students’ academic coping style and motivation mediate their academic stress and performance. A structural equation analysis showed that the relationship bet...

Using a national sample, this study investigated the effects of unemployed workers' coping resources and coping strategy use on reemployment after a three-month period. Based on previous research, it was expected that (1) three types of coping resources (self-esteem, social support, and financial resources) would be positively related to problem-focused coping with job loss, (2) coping resource...

Background & Aims: stroke is a stressful event associated with numerous physical, psychological, social and economical problems that can complicate the balance of different life aspects, but after a period of time, patients try to benefit from different coping styles to reduce their problems and retain to a normal life. The aims of this study were to investigate coping strategies used by stroke...

Introduction: Brain tumorr is a deadly disease but patients can have positive growth psychologically. It is important to find factors that lead psychological growth of patients. Therefore, this study was aimed to predict the post traumatic growth based on social support, coping styles and optimism in patients with brain tumor. Methods: In this correlational and descriptive study, the statistic...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis patients are exposed to different stressful factors and have to use coping strategies as supportive processes. The goal of the present study is to investigate coping styles of hemodialysis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a descriptive analytical study conducted on 96 patients referring to hemodialysis centers affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences...

BACKGROUND Despite the importance of coping in caregiving, there are few studies on the relationship between coping and quality of life in caregivers of the frail dependent elderly. Thus, this study aims to analyze the relationship between coping strategies and quality of life dimensions in primary caregivers of dependent elderly relatives. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted from 8...

Background This study aimed at investigating the coping strategies with stress in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and individuals without a history of fixed MI and cardiovascular disorders. Methods This case-control crossover study was conducted from March 2015 to February 2016 on 220 patients with acute MI (MI patients) as case group and 220 patients without any history of MI ...

this study aims to assess the validity and reliability of the persian version of simons and gaher's distress tolerance scale(dts) by administering it to nicotine dependent students of tehran university.in a descriptive cross-sectional study, 317 nicotine dependent students of tehran university who were selected, using available sampling method, completed dts, coping with stress- revised(cs-r), ...