Journal of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Background and Objective: The coping skills that include continuous changes in think and behavior of persons for interior and exterior stress management, relate with several factors which family function can be one of them. So, this study aimed to assess the relation between family function and coping styles with stressful situations among female students of Isfahan University in 2013

Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 120 students who were selected by order random sampling method from Isfahan University in 2013. Data was collected by Blom Family Function Scale (FFS) and Endler and porker coping styles for stressful situation questionnaire (CISS) and analyzed using multiple correlation coefficient and Pearson regression. 

Results: The results showed that there is a meaningful relation between family overall function and the coping styles with stressful situations (p<0.05). Thus, permissive family function predict 20.6 percent of problem solving style (p=0.001), by involving self-expression increases up to 24.2 percent (p=0.02), source of exterior control predicts 15.3 percent of excitation style (p=0.001), by involving of emotional tension increase 21.4 percent (p=0.003), and irrespective and irresponsible family function predict 5 percent of avoidance style (p=0.014).

Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the family function effects on selection of the type of coping styles with stressful situations so that the permissive family function, gives the problem style and the troublous family gives the excitation style, and irrespective and irresponsible family function certainly gives the avoidance style.

Key words: Family function, Coping Styles, Problem style, Excitation style, Avoidance style, Female students.

Funding: This research was funded by Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Ethical approval: The Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch approved the study.

How to cite this article: Yarmohamadian A, Mokhtari E. The Relation between Family Function and Coping Styles for Stressful Situations among Female Students of Isfahan University in 2013. J RafsanjanUniv Med Sci 2015 14(9): 713-28. [Farsi]