Introduction: Suicide as a psychological disorder is a serious problem throughout the world. Everyone with suicidal risk factors does not harm themselves. It means that some of them cope with difficulties, stress, and life changes. There are different COPING STRATEGIES for suicidal crises. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 702 suicide attempters who were referred to the health care system from 1 August 2014 to 31 July 2015. We evaluated their COPING STRATEGIES with a standardized questionnaire (Jalowiec COPING Scale). Data were analyzed by SPSS 11. 5 software using Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Results: The results reveal that the emotive strategy was the most common. We found that a higher educational level was a predicting factor of using some COPING strategy. Overall, age and being married were the predictors of using any COPING strategy. Conclusion: By evaluating COPING STRATEGIES that suicide attempters used and variables that affect it (e. g., age, educational level etc. ), we can improve their COPING skills to reduce the number of suicides.

Objectives: In this study the COPING STRATEGIES among adolescents in Tehran is investigated. Method: 1058 middle and high school male and female students were selected randomly and assessed by 80-items Adolescent COPING Scale (ACS). The Scale evaluates 18 COPING STRATEGIES, and three COPING styles. Mean and t-value for all groups were calculated. Findings: The findings indicate-that the effective ways of COPING decrease as age grows. Girls in comparison with boys are showing more wishful thinking, anxiety, tension reduction, not COPING, self blame, self control and seeking spiritual support. Whereas boys use more social action STRATEGIES, reject spiritual support, ignore problems, focus on positive points, seek professional help, and desire physical recreation.

Background: Having a set of effective COPING skills can prevent suicidal behavior by increasing self-control and self-direction. This study examines COPING styles used by suicidal patients.Objectives: The researchers in this study try to identify COPING STRATEGIES used by suicide attempters admitted to Shiraz Shahid Faghihi Hospital emergency room.Materials and Methods: This is a analytical cross-sectional study. Participants consisted of 50 suicide-attempted people admitted to Shiraz Faghihi Hospital. Instruments for data collections were a demographic checklist and the COPING styles scale of Carver, Schier and Wintrope. Data were collected conveniently and analyzed using descriptive and analytic (Pearson Correlation, Student’s t-tests, and ANOVA) statistical methods.Results: Suicide attempted people used less useful COPING STRATEGIES (Mean=49.32) more than the other STRATEGIES (respectively mean of problem focused and emotion focused STRATEGIES were 30.27 and 27.83). Using ANOVA, in different educational level, problem focused and less effective COPING skills of samples differed significantly (P=0.009, P=0.006, respectively). People with low educational level used less effective COPING skills. There was a significant difference between men and women scores in use of less effective COPING skills (P=0.029).Conclusions: Teaching effective COPING skills by psychological consultants in suicide attempted people, especially for women and people with low educational level, is important.