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Present research was done with the purpose of comparison of mental health and coping styles of injured women referred to social emergency in 2015 with non-injured. Research methodology is comparison. Sample population includes 152 women (half were injured & half not injured) in Shiraz which were selected by targeted sampling method and with the same age and education. Data was gathered by Goldenberg mental health questionnaire and Parker and Andler comparison method. Analysis and assessment of data were done by using multi variable variance analysis and independent T-test. Findings indicate that mental health of injured women is lesser than non-injured ones. The amount and physical claims, tension and depression in injured women are more than the other group. Furthermore, there is meaningful difference between injured women and the other group in terms of emotionalfocused coping, avoidance-focused coping and problem-focused coping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study aimed at prediction of the psychological welfare according to defensive mechanisms and coping strategies in people with positive HIV. The study was correlational. The population of the study included all people with diagnosis of positive HIV repering in Psychological Counseling Center in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 1393, that 100 people were selected for available sampling. Tools used in this research were defense style questionnaire (Andrews, Singh, & Bond, 1993). Reifs Psychological welfare questionnaire, and Parker and Andlers1 coping strategies questionnaire (1990). The obtained results from these questionnaires were analyzed by Pearson correlation and regression. The results indicated that psychological welfare had a positive and significant relation with problem-focused strategies and developed defense style. It had a negative and significant relation with avoidant coping strategies, undeveloped defense style, and neurotic defense style. However, it had no significant relation with emotion-focused coping strategies. In addition, only neurotic defense style had the predictive power of psychological welfare. Furthermore, problem-focused and avoidant coping strategies have the predictive power of psychological welfare in these patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]