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The goal of this study is to compare the effect of training the skills of coping with stress and coping strategies on mental health of female students. In this experimental research with pretest-posttest design, the statistical population consists of female students of Hamadan Islamic Azad University. 300 students are selected by random sampling. Then, after administrating the mental health questionnaire, 60 persons with highest scores are selected and randomly assigned into three groups, each consisting of 20 students (two experimental groups and one control group). The assessment tool is the mental health questionnaire S.C.L (90)-R and the data are analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The findings indicate that training the skills of coping with stress and coping strategies could significantly improve the mental health of students. The comparison between the effects of training the skills of coping with stress and coping strategies reveals that coping strategies have more effect than training the skills of coping with stress on mental health of female students
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