Relation of coping styles and social support with perceived stress

This research was conducted in order to examine the relation of coping styles and social support with perceived stress. Statistical population of this research comprised total of students of the Mohaghegh Ardabil university who were studying in first term of 85-86 year. 140 students were selected randomly. They were tested individually by questionnaires of perceived stress، coping styles and social support. The results of Pearson correlation test showed that negative perception of stress، negatively related to cognitive coping style، behavioral coping style and social support، but positively related to avoidant coping style. Positive perception of stress were positively related to cognitive coping style، and behavioral coping style. Social support was positively related to behavioral coping style، but no relation were shown between social support was and cognitive and avoidant coping styles. The results of regression analyses sowed that coping styles explains 28 percent of positive perception of stress variance and also 9 percent of this variance was explained with social support. The result of this research showed that the stress and perception of stress were affected by coping styles and social support. It means that positive perception of stress produced with cognitive and behavioral coping and social support.