Mediating Role of Coping with Stress Ways in the Relationship between Creative Thinking and Psychological Well-Being

The purpose of this study was to investigate mediating role of coping with stress styles in the relationship between creative thinking and psychological well-being. Population included 410 students Tehran university students who were selected as sample by using multi-stage cluster sampling method. Research method was descriptive and co-relational. The data collection tools were Ryff Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire (1989), Andler and Parker Coping with Stress Styles Questionnaire (1990) and Torrance Creative Thinking Questionnaire(1979). The results showed that creative thinking had a direct and positive impact on psychological well-being. Creative thinking with the help of mediating role of Problem-oriented and emotional-oriented methods had indirect effect on psychological well-being. Problem-oriented method had positive impact and emotional-oriented method had negative impact on psychological well-being. There were not any significant relationships between avoidance-oriented method with creative thinking and psychological well-being variables. Therefore as a conclusion coping with stress methods had a mediating role in regards to creative thinking and psychological well-being.