Relationship between Mental Health and Coping Styles with Students’ Educational Performance at Kashan University, Iran

Abstract

Abstract -- The present research was conducted to study the relationship between mental health and copying styles with students’ educational performance at Kashan University in the academic year 2012-2013. It is a descriptive survey research. The statistical population included all the students studying at Kashan University. The sample involved 300 students that were selected at random. In this sampling method, 60 individuals were randomly selected from each faculty. To select the model group, random sampling was applied. The research used Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire (with 28 items) as well as Endler and Parker’s Stress Coping Styles Questionnaire (with 48 items). The data were analyzed by indexes such as descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient, and regression analysis. To measure the correlation between mental health and coping styles with educational achievement, Pearson correlation was used. There was a significant relationship between mental health and coping styles with educational performance. Moreover, stepby- step regression was used for determining the effect of mental health and coping styles on educational performance. The results showed that there was a negative significant relationship between depression syndrome and educational achievement. However, both anxiety syndrome and problemoriented coping style had a positive significant relationship with educational achievement.