Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Designing a social adaptation model based on identity styles mediated by coping strategies in students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Leila Salari Moghadam 1
Hossein Ebrahimi Moghadam 2
Zabih Pirani 3
1 PhD student of General Psychology, Department of Psychology , Arak Branch , Islamic Azad University, Arak , Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology , Roudehen Branch , Islamic Azad University , Roudehen, Iran. (Corresponding author)
3 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Arak Branch , Islamic Azad University, Arak,Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2025.85248.4891
Abstract
Introduction: The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a social adaptation model based on identity styles mediated by coping strategies in students.
Methods: The present study was applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive-correlational research in terms of its research method. The statistical population of the present study included all students studying at Arak Islamic Azad University in the first half of 1401, from which 450 people were selected using the available sampling method. The research instruments were the Berzonsky Identity Styles Questionnaire (1989), the Folkman and Lazarus Coping Strategies Questionnaire (1985), and the Bell Adaptability Questionnaire (1939). Structural equation modeling analysis was used to test the research hypotheses.
Results: The findings showed that the structural model of the study fits the collected data. The indirect path coefficient between confused identity style and social adjustment through emotion-focused (p=0.001, β=0.071) and problem-focused (p=0.001, β=0.061) coping strategies was positive and significant, and the indirect path coefficient between informational identity style and social adjustment through problem-focused coping strategy was negative and significant.
Keywords
Coping strategies
social adjustment
identity styles
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 68, Issue 3
May and June 2025
Pages 781-796