Introduction: Results of some researches show that the strategies of people in response to stress stimuli play a crucial role in trapping the families in mental damages. The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between coping style and mental health along with considering the severity of drug addiction in addicted subjects in prevention centers of addiction in Gilan province.
Materials & Methods: The research was a descriptive sectional study in which 251 addicted persons referring to prevention centers of addiction were selected rand-omly. For this reason, to collect required data the C.H.Q and G.H.Q questionnaires were utilized. The descriptive (mean, stand-ard, deviation and percent methods) and inferential statistics (correlation and reg-ression tests) were utilized to analyze the data.
Findings: The results revealed that there is a significant relationship between coping style and emotional focused coping (r=61
%) and problems focused coping(r=44%), respectively. But, there was a negative correlation between avoidance coping and mental health (r=- 0.41) in addicted groups.
Discussion & Conclusion: The relationship between detachment coping and mental health in addicted people showed that the-re was a negative relationship between the detachment coping and mental health situ-ation in lower level of addiction but there was a positive relationship in higher level of addiction.
akbari B, piri V, kakhavani S, piri R. The Relationship Between Coping style and Mental Health Along With Considering The Severity of Drug Addiction In Addicted Subjects . J. Ilam Uni. Med. Sci. 2013; 21 (3) :147-154 URL: http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1405-en.html