The aim of this study was to examine the impact
of hardiness on coping styles with stress. Two
hundred and seventy-four voulenteer students (97
males, 177 females) from different faculties of
the University of Tehran participated in this
study. All participants were asked to complete
Hardiness Scale (HS) and Tehran Coping Styles
Scale (TCSS). Analysis of the data involved both
descriptive and inferential statistics including
means, standard deviations, t-test, pearson's
correlation coefficient, and regression analyses.
The results revealed that hardiness was positively
associated with both problem focused and
positive emotional focused coping styles while
negatively related to negative emotional focused
coping style. Hardiness predicted coping
strategies of problem focused and positive
emotional focused positively, and coping
strategies of negative emotional focused
negatively. Different coping strategies are
supposed to be influence by hardiness through
increasing self confidence; reinforcing a sense of
independence and autonomy, a clear sense of
direction, an active approach in stressful
situations; concentrating cognitive, affective, and
behavioral abilities on goals; stress buffering; and
positive interpersonal relationships.
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