The prediction of Resiliency based on religious orientation and coping strategies for stressful situations in 3 rd grade-students studying in high school

This research was conducted with the aim of predicting resiliency based on religious orientation and coping strategies for stressful situations. The statistical population involved 7146 people in which the statistical sample of this research involved 386 people from 3 rd -grade students in high schools of Islamshahr (202 female students, 184 male students) in the academic year 92-93. The schools were selected using random sampling method and then all of their 3 rd -grade students were taken into consideration. Data gathering tools consist of 3 questionnaires, Connor-Davidson Resiliency (CD-RISC), Allport Religious Orientation (ROS) and Endler-Parker Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations. In this research, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Regression Analysis were used in order to test the hypotheses of the research. According to the obtained results, the share of problem-focused coping in predicting resiliency is more than other variables. Intrinsic religious orientation is ranked second in predicting resiliency and avoidance-focused coping is ranked the next. The impact of emotion-focused coping on predicting resiliency is inverse. The obtained results did not verify the share of extrinsic religious orientation in predicting resiliency. Furthermore, according to the results, there was no significant difference observed between girls and boys in terms of resiliency score. According to the results of this research, it can be expressed that coping strategies for stressful situations and intrinsic religious orientation have an effective role in predicting resiliency.