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• TITLE: Study of Relationship between Optimism, Pessimism and Coping Strategies with Mental Health among University Students of Lorestan

  AUTHORS: Simin Gholam Rezaei, Sayed Sina Safari Mousavi, Fatemeh Safari, Hamzeh Bahrami, Seyed Masoud Dehghan Menshadi

  KEYWORDS: Optimism, Pessimism, Coping Strategies, Mental Health

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.3 No.12, December 29, 2015

  ABSTRACT: The present study is conducted to determine the relationship between optimism, pessimism and coping strategies and mental health and ability to predict these concepts in students mental health in the academic year 2014 in Lorestan University. 367 subjects sampling via stratified random were selected among students of Lorestan University. Tools for data collection in this study are mental health questionnaire (GHQ-28), Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R) and a questionnaire dealing with stressful situations (CISS). The method of study is correlational and data are analyzed using the stepwise regression. Data analysis shows that there are significant relationships among optimism, pessimism, and mental health (p