Investigating the Mediating Role of Positive and Negative Coping Style on the Relationship between Psychological Stress Response and Aggression of Second year Elementary School Students After the Sixth Peak of the Outbreak of covid-19

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Marziyeh Abdollahzadeh Rad ¹
• Ashkan Kazemi ²

¹ Master of Assessment and Measurement, Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

² Master of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.

10.30495/jpmm.2023.32043.3809

Abstract

Introduction:
Since December 2019, countries around the world have been severely affected by Covid-19. Long periods of isolation at home cause many problems for people, especially children. These difficulties may make students more susceptible to the psychological challenges of the pandemic. Therefore, a research was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediating role of positive and negative coping style on the relationship between psychological stress response and aggression of second year elementary school students after the sixth peak of the spread of Covid-19.
Materials and Methods:
The present research was of the correlational type in terms of the applied goal and in terms of the contextualization method. The statistical population of all students of the second year of elementary school in Shiraz in the academic year 2021-2, a statistical sample of 250 people and the instruments used are the Persian version of the Psychological Stress Response Questionnaire (SRQ-20) (2008), the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) (2000) and the Style Questionnaire. Simple Coping (SCSQ) (1998).
Findings:
The findings showed that the proposed model was approved, because the value of the root mean square error of estimation (RMSEA) was at the optimal level, and in addition, the fit indices were favorable. According to the findings, psychological stress response had an effect on aggression with the mediating role of positive coping style. Also, positive coping styles significantly mediated the relationship between psychological stress and aggression.

Keywords

• Positive and negative coping style
• psychological stress response
• aggression
• second year elementary school students

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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