Comparison Coping Styles and Psychological Well-Being in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Normal People

The present study aimed to comparatively assess the coping styles and psychological well-being among patients with multiple sclerosis and normal people. The research method was carried out using a causal-comparative study. The population consisted of all treated multiple sclerosis patients membered in Tehran Multiple Sclerosis Society and healthy people of Tehran in 2015. In so doing, 69 people from each group, as the samples, were selected by simple random sampling. The research variables were evaluated using Psychological Well-Being (Ryff, 1989) and Stress-Coping Styles (Endler and Parke, 1990) questionnaires. The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The results showed a significant difference in self-acceptance, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth of the well-being variables in both investigated groups (P