Psychological disorders are universally common problems. Social support contributes much to the health of individuals. Focusing upon social support and upon vicissitudes of life can help prevent the depression-induced disorders. The present paper investigated the relationship between PERCEIVED social support, depression and PERCEIVED STRESS in university students. The descriptive-analytical study was carried out on 390 students living in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sceince campus, whom were selected based on a simple random selection method. The related questionnaires of multidimensional scales of PERCEIVED social support, Beck’s depression, and PERCEIVED STRESS then were distributed during midterm among students to collect the necessary data. Data was fed into SPSS 16 and analysed using ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test, Chi-square, and Fisher exact test.Our results indicated that 49.7 per cent of students suffered from specific degrees of depression. 30.5 per cent of students had given educational progress and employment as sources of STRESS in living in the campus. The PERCEIVED social support scores were 28.32±9.56, depression, 12.10±9.02, and for PERCEIVED STRESS was 26.84±8.27. A significant relationship was shown to be between PERCEIVED social support, depression, and PERCEIVED STRESS (p<0.001) The conclusion made in the paper is that considering depression and STRESS is crucial to the health of the students. Also, forming workgroups to increase social support for students can help alleviates depression and STRESS in university students.

Background: Infertility can lead to major bio-psychological disorders. Coping strategies helpindividuals adapt to unpredictable conditions in a systematic way. The present study aimed todetermine the PERCEIVED STRESS of couples undergoing treatment for infertility, as well as theircoping strategies and correlation between the studied variables and gender. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 140 infertile couples undergoinginfertility treatment at the Infertility Center of Yazd, Yazd City, Iran. The relevant data werecollected by PERCEIVED STRESS Scale and Billings and Moos’ s Coping Responses Inventory. Then, the obtained data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (relative frequency percentage, meanand standard deviation), Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis in SPSS. Results: The obtained results suggest that the mean score of PERCEIVED STRESS is higher in women. Moreover, women more frequently use problem-focused mechanisms, while men more frequentlyuse emotion-focused mechanisms. In both men and women, a positive significant relationshipexist between positive PERCEIVED STRESS and coping mechanisms; the former predicted the latter. While, the mean scores for avoidant and behavioral coping mechanisms were higher in men, the mean scores for cognitive coping mechanisms were higher in women (P<0. 05). However, women achieved higher scores for both problem-focused and emotion-focused strategies. Conclusion: there is a significant and positive correlation between PERCEIVED STRESS and copingmechanisms in both sexes. In addition, STRESS predicts the kind of coping strategies in thesepeople. On the whole, psychiatric approach and counseling may enhance the mental health ofinfertile couples and increase the chance of success in this costly treatment.