Journal of New Advances in Educational Management

Journal of New Advances in Educational Management

The Relationship Between Coping Strategies and Dysfunctional Attitudes with Distress Tolerance in Students with the Mediating Role of Empathy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Peyman Hatamian 1
Houshang Gravand 2
Khadijeh Fooladvand 1
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad,
2 Associate Professor of Psychology Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
10.22034/njournal.2025.533505.1065
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of the relationship between coping strategies and dysfunctional attitudes with distress tolerance in students with the mediating role of empathy. The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study included all male undergraduate students of the Pol Dokhtar Higher Education Center, who were studying in the academic year 2023, from which a sample of 210 people was selected using the available sampling method. The research tools included; Simmons and Gaher's Distress Tolerance Scale (2005), Davis's Empathy Questionnaire (1983), Lazarus and Folkman's Coping Strategies Questionnaire (1985), and Wiseman and Beck's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (1978). Finally, the data obtained were analyzed through correlation tests and path analysis using SPSS-22 and AMOS. the results of the findings showed that the fit indices of the path analysis model indicate that the value of the adaptive fit indices is desirable. Therefore, the path model is a good fit, meaning that the research model is able to explain and explain the relationship between the variables. The results also confirmed the mediating role of empathy in predicting distress tolerance based on coping strategies and ineffective attitudes. therefore, it can be said that the empathy variable has a mediating role in the relationship between coping strategies and ineffective attitudes with distress tolerance; hence, it is suggested that mental health professionals pay special attention to the importance of the role of empathy in reducing emotional problems.
Keywords
Distress tolerance
Empathy
Dysfunctional attitude
Coping strategies
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  • Receive Date 09 July 2025
  • Revise Date 23 August 2025
  • Accept Date 01 September 2025
  • Publish Date 23 September 2025