Coping Skills with Mental Health of Women's Teachers

The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between coping skills and mental health among Teacher students’ of the Boushehr University, Iran. The sample (N=170) was randomly selected from the teacher of university in Bousher, Iran. Two validated instruments (Proactive Coping Inventory & General Health Questionnaire) were used in collecting data. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression were utilized to analyze data. Correlation analyses showed a significant reverse relationship between the various scales of Proactive Coping Inventory and mental health and its sub-scales. Also, the regression analysis revealed that proactive coping skill was the most important factor which predicted mental health and the sub-scales physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia; reflective coping skill was the most important factor which predicted social dysfunction; and preventive coping skill was the most important factor which predicted depression.