Coping Skills with Mental Health of Women's Teacher's

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The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between coping skills and mental health among Teacher students’ of the Boushehr University, Iran. The sample (N=170) was randomly selected from the teacher of university in Bousher, Iran. Two validated instruments (Proactive Coping Inventory & General Health Questionnaire) were used in collecting data. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression were utilized to analyze data. Correlation analyses showed a significant reverse relationship between the various scales of Proactive Coping Inventory and mental health and its sub-scales. Also, the regression analysis revealed that proactive coping skill was the most important factor which predicted mental health and the sub-scales physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia; reflective coping skill was the most important factor which predicted social dysfunction; and preventive coping skill was the most important factor which predicted depression.
 

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