Relationship between Running Away from Home with Coping Strategies and Attributional Styles in Female Adolescents in the City of Meshed

This study was conducted to examine the relationship of coping strategies and attributional styles with the risk of running away from home, among female adolescents. 500 females from Meshed city (located in north east of Iran) high schools at districts 2, 5 and 7 were selected using random cluster sampling. All subjects completed 4 questionnaires: demographic characteristics, Risk of Running Away from Home, Coping Strategies, and Attributional Styles. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and stepwise multiple regression. There was significant relationship between female’s running away from home and social support coping strategies, physical and emotional inhibition, stable-unstable aspects of failure, and stable-unstable, internal-external, and total-partial aspects of success in Attributional Styles Questionnaire. Regression analysis revealed a significant role for physical and emotional inhibition strategies and total-partial success in female’s running away from home (p<0.01). There was significant correlation between coping strategies and attributional styles with risk of females’ running away from home.