The Role of Perceived Social Support and Coping Styles in Predicting Aggression and Vulnerability to Corona Stress in Adolescents

The aim of this study was to determine the role of perceived social support and coping styles in predicting aggression and vulnerability to corona stress in adolescents. The present study was a descriptive and correlational study and the statistical population also included all high school students in Tehran who were studying in the first semester of the academic year 1399-1400. The sample size was 352 people by voluntary sampling method. Corona coping style questionnaire, social support, aggression, and perceived stress scale were used. The results of data analysis by structural equation method showed that the relationship between the dimensions of social support with aggression and perceived stress was negative and significant. As a result, adaptive coping styles and seeking social support were associated with a reduction in negative behaviors, while maladaptive coping styles and not receiving social support lead to maladaptive strategies such as aggression. In other words, people involved in stressful situations, involved in negative moods and emotions, this in itself causes aggression. And if people use maladaptive and avoidant coping styles, the level of aggression increases. It was suggested that adolescent adaptive coping styles and social support be taught to families to reduce adolescent aggression and stress.