The Relationship between Fathers Humor and Coping Styles with the Level of Children Adaptation

Background and The warm and emotional relationship between parents with children and the management of tension in the family can play an important role in children's reconciliation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between father’s humor and coping styles with adaptation of students.
The present study was a descriptive-correlational study. Statistical population of this study consisted of all elementary students have been studying in Galikesh city in the academic year of 2016 -2017. The sample consisted of 250 students (122 boys and 128 girls) selected by sampling method. The participants responded to coping inventory for stressful situation (Endler & Parker, 1990), social adjustment scale (Paykel and Weissman, 1999) and sense of humor scale (Martin & Lecfort, 1983). The data were analyzed by correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.
The results showed that there is a significant positive correlation between fathers humor with student's adjustment. Also, there is a positive correlation between problem-oriented coping style with adaptation of children, and avoidant and emotional coping styles with adaptation have a significant negative relationship (P ≤ 0/05). There is also a significant positive correlation between problem-oriented coping style with humor, and a significant negative correlation between humor with avoidant coping styles.
According to the findings of this study, it can be concluded that increasing the level of humor and problem-solving styles in fathers leads to improvement of childrens.