Prediction of Practicing Religious Beliefs Based on Coping and Self-efficacy Styles of Married

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between practicing religious beliefs and coping and self-efficacy styles among married women in Rasht. The research method was descriptive correlational. all married womenin Rasht formed the statistical population of this study in 2012. Among them, 200 women were selected using convenient sampling method. They responded to Jarvis’s coping styles questionnaire, Nilsson's religious beliefs questionnaire and Shares et al.'s self-efficacy questionnaire. After collecting data, the results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between confrontational coping styles, self-efficacy and the practice of religious beliefs. There was no significant relationship between emotion-focused coping style and practice of religious beliefs. The results of the research show that married women ought to increase their religious practices in order to use confrontational and sedative coping styles when faced with stressful situations and thereby increase their mental health.