The Role of Religious Coping and Psychological Hardiness in Predicting the Social Well - being of Payam - e Noor University Students during the Covid - 19 Outbreak

Identifying the effective factors in promoting students' social well - being can be a guide for educating students for the educational system. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the role of religious coping and psychological hardiness in predicting the social well - being of Payam - e Noor university students during the Covid - 19 outbreak .

Methods :

The statistical population included all students (no=350) of Payam - e Noor University in Hajiabad, South Khorasan, Iran in the academic year 2020 - 2021. Based on Krejcie and Morgan’s table, 180 students were selected by available sampling method completed Pa rgament et al.'s Religious Coping Questionnaire, Kiamarei et al.'s Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire, and Keyes and Magyar - Moe’s Social Well - being Subscale online. Pearso n correlation test and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and the authors reported no conflict of interests .

The results showed that the correlation of psychological hardiness with social well - being (r=0.585), and the correlation between positive religious coping and social well - being were positive and significant (r=0.498), but the correlation between negative religious coping and social well - being was negative (r= - 0.285) (P<0.01). Also, the value of the coefficient of determination showed that religious c oping strategies and psychological hardiness explained 38.8% of the variance in social well - being .

According to the results of the study, by planning to improve religious coping strategies and psychological hardiness of students, their social w ell - being can be increased at all times, especially during the corona pandemic .