Alireza Pirkhaefi (PhD); Ahmad Borjali (PhD); Ali Delavar (PhD); Hossain Eskandari (PhD)
Volume 6, Issue 17 , July 2010, , Pages 88-108
Abstract
he literature area of mental health do not have any comprehensive view showing creativity and self efficacy and coping are important in mental health. This research conducted for determination structural relations of creativity, self efficacy and coping with mental health in order to comply an integrated ...
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he literature area of mental health do not have any comprehensive view showing creativity and self efficacy and coping are important in mental health. This research conducted for determination structural relations of creativity, self efficacy and coping with mental health in order to comply an integrated model. The sample was 120 students of Tehran universities who were selected with random sampling of cluster multi-stage method. The research plan was correlation and use to multiple regression and LISREL method. The instruments were Torrance' test creative thinking, Goldberg' mental health questionnaire, Lazarus' coping scale and Shirer's self efficacy scale that those psychometric index’s were valid. Multiple regression analysis showed that the relationship between creativity, self efficacy and coping was positive and significant. Also, there was a negative and significant relationship between creativity, self efficacy and coping with mental health. Good fitness models showed that the relationship between creativity and self efficacy with mental health, and coping and self efficacy with mental health was also significant
