. Yousef Veisani; . Zahra Jalilian; . Yasaman Zahra Sadeghifard; . Fathola Mohamadian
Volume 11, Issue 7 , August 2021, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: As shown in previous persons that used the effective coping strategies are moreaware to recent stressful life events in their live, this study conducted to investigate the ...
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BACKGROUND: As shown in previous persons that used the effective coping strategies are moreaware to recent stressful life events in their live, this study conducted to investigate the main stressfullife events and common coping styles in adult’s population.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was conducted in 2018. In overall, 345persons aged 18 years and more by stratified cluster sampling were enrolled in the study. The validquestionnaires including the coping inventory for stressful situations‑21, the Holmes‑Rahe StressInventory, and 28‑item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ‑28) were used to interview. The analysisof variance and t‑student (t‑test) was used to determine the association between the two variables.The statistical significance level was considered <0.05.RESULTS: The top three importance events among 43 stressful items in our study were changein financial state, gain of a new family member, and death of close family member. We found thattask‑oriented coping (P < 0.001) and avoidance‑oriented coping (P = 0.021) significantly more usedin males compered to females. According to Holmes‑Rahe life stress inventory instructions only 4.7%of participants are prone to getting ill in next 2 years.CONCLUSION: The results of this study showed a positive relationship between coping styles andlower risk of mental health problems and stressful life events. Hence, activities and training programsaiming to enhance personal approach coping skills is important to reduce of side effects of stressfullife events especially those recently exposed to negative life events and stresses.
