Designing a model for coping with depression in second-year high school students (mixed research)

The purpose of this research was to design and validate the model of dealing with depression in second year high school students of Ardabil city.The research was applied in terms of purpose, mixed in terms of the nature of data, and exploratory in terms of execution method.The statistical population of the qualitative section was university professors in the field of counseling, 15 of whom were purposefully selected based on the principle of opinion saturation.The statistical population in the quantitative section was all 500 secondary school teachers of Ardabil city, of which 217 were selected according to Cochran's formula based on stratified random sampling.The tool for collecting information in this research was a researcher-made questionnaire.The obtained data were organized after a continuous process of open, central and selective coding in the form of 172 open codes, 139 concepts, 14 categories and 6 classes based on a systematic approach. The findings show the pattern of dealing with depression in second year high school students of Ardabil city under the categories of physical health, characteristics and individual differences, environmental and social factors, comfort facilities, depression and its symptoms, psychological training, therapeutic approaches, drug therapy, spiritual health development, Physical health maintenance, mental health management, social activities, individual outcomes and social outcomes were categorized and fit in terms of validation (p<0.05).Finally, it is suggested that this research be used as a general guide and path to prevent depression and reduce its symptoms by specialists in schools and other medical centers according to the existing fields.