Predicting social problem solving based on coping styles with stressful factors in university students

Subject Areas : social psychology

Saghar Sahebjamei ¹ , Kamran Ganji ² , Keyvan Kakabraee ³

1 - PhD Student of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Saveh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Saveh, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran

Received: 2021-02-15 Accepted : 2021-05-13 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: social problem solving# coping styles with stressful factors# university students,

Abstract :

Everyone including university students faces many interpersonal problems and challenges in life, and the important thing is how to solve them, which seems coping styles with stressful factor to be related to it. As a result, the aim of this research was predicting social problem solving based on coping styles with stressful factors in university students. The present study was cross-sectional from type of correlation. The research population was all undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University of Saveh branch in 2019-2020 academic years. The sample size was calculated according to Cochran's formula 220 people who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The research tools were the social problem solving revised inventory (D’Zurilla & et al, 2002) and coping styles with stressful factors questionnaire (Endler & Parker, 1990). Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression with enter model methods in SPSS version 22 software in the significan level of 0.05. The results of Pearson correlation coefficients showed that problem-oriented style had a positive and significant relationship with adaptive problem solving and emotion-oriented and avoidance-oriented styles had a negative and significant relationship with adaptive problem solving and problem-oriented style had a negative and significant relationship with non-adaptive problem solving and emotion-oriented and avoidance-oriented styles had a positive and significant relationship with non-adaptive problem solving (P<0.05). Also, the results of multiple regression with enter model showed that coping styles with stressful factor could explain 68% of the changes in adaptive problem solving and 22% of the changes in non-adaptive problem solving (P<0.05). According to the results of the present study, university psychologists and counselors to increase adaptive problem solving and decrease non-adaptive problem solving in students can provide the background for improving coping styles with stressful factor.

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