The Role of Life Style and Toleration in Predicting Mental Health and Self-Empathy among the Students of Razi University in Kermanshah, 2014

authors:

avatar Mohammad Rasool Yazdani 1 , * , avatar Khodamorad Momeni 2

Department of Psychology, School of Humanities, Islamic Azad University Kermanshah Branch, Iran
Faculty Member of General Psychology Department, Kermanshah Branch of Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran
Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences: Vol.5, issue 2; e81461
published online: June 12, 2016
article type: Research Article
received: November 12, 2015
accepted: April 20, 2016

how to cite: Yazdani M R , Momeni K . The Role of Life Style and Toleration in Predicting Mental Health and Self-Empathy among the Students of Razi University in Kermanshah, 2014. J Clin Res Paramed Sci. 2016;5(2):e81461. 

Abstract

Introduction: This study was carried out to determine the relationship among life style and toleration, on the one hand, and mental health and self-empathy among the students in Razi University of Kermanshah in 2014, on the other.
Methods: This was a descriptive – analytical and correlational type of research. The research population included all the students at Razi University among whom 376 students (188 male and 188 female) were selected via the multi-stage cluster sampling.  To collect the data the questionnaires of living style (Miller & Smith, 2003), toleration (Coner & Davidson, 2003), living style and self-empathy were used. The collected data were analyzed using data analysis software SPSS version 19 through the statistical technics of Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and Regression analysis
Results: The findings showed correlations between living style and mental health (p=32%), living style and self-empathy (p=18%). Also, toleration and mental health (p=46%), as well as toleration and self-empathy (p=29%) revealed significant correlation at (P˂0/05) level. The regression analysis result showed that the factors of living style and toleration could predict the 23% of the changes in mental health collaboratively, and their weight was β=0/15 and β=0/39 respectively. In addition it showed that the factors of living style and toleration, collaboratively, could predict 0/09 of the changes of self-empathy.
Conclusion: Considering the results of this study it can be claimed that any enhancement in living style and toleration would result in the improvement of mental health and self-empathy. 

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