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The Comparison of Mental Health and Coping Styles of Injured Women with those who are not Injured


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Present research was done with the purpose of comparison of mental health and coping styles of injured women referred to social emergency in 2015 with non-injured. Research methodology is comparison. Sample population includes 152 women (half were injured & half not injured) in Shiraz which were selected by targeted sampling method and with the same age and education. Data was gathered by Goldenberg mental health questionnaire and Parker and Andler comparison method. Analysis and assessment of data were done by using multi variable variance analysis and independent T-test. Findings indicate that mental health of injured women is lesser than non-injured ones. The amount and physical claims, tension and depression in injured women are more than the other group. Furthermore, there is meaningful difference between injured women and the other group in terms of emotional-focused coping, avoidance-focused coping and problem-focused coping.

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Mental Health, Coping Styles, Injured Women.
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Authors

Raha Ramezani
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Seyed Ahmad Mirjafari
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Aminallah Fazel
Department of Psychology, Arsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


Present research was done with the purpose of comparison of mental health and coping styles of injured women referred to social emergency in 2015 with non-injured. Research methodology is comparison. Sample population includes 152 women (half were injured & half not injured) in Shiraz which were selected by targeted sampling method and with the same age and education. Data was gathered by Goldenberg mental health questionnaire and Parker and Andler comparison method. Analysis and assessment of data were done by using multi variable variance analysis and independent T-test. Findings indicate that mental health of injured women is lesser than non-injured ones. The amount and physical claims, tension and depression in injured women are more than the other group. Furthermore, there is meaningful difference between injured women and the other group in terms of emotional-focused coping, avoidance-focused coping and problem-focused coping.

Keywords


Mental Health, Coping Styles, Injured Women.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2017%2Fv8i1%2F147148