Identify the ways of coping with stress in athletes and non-athletes students

This study aimed to identify ways of coping with stress of athletes and non-athletes Iranian students in medical and non-medical fields, and compare them to provide the necessary solutions. To do this, after the geographical breakdown of the country's universities to five regions, the Carver were distributed questionnaires among 2,000 students (1,200 non-medical and 800 medical, half of them were athletes and half of them were non-athletes). Factor analysis and independent t test were used to identify the strategies of coping with stress and compare groups respectively. Results showed that there were significant differences in the strategies of coping with stress between athletes and non-athletes students. Athletic students have used a greater number of strategies to deal with stress that these strategies In comparison with non-athletes were more cognitive behavior. The difference between medical and non-medical students was not significant.