Document Type : Scientific Research
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Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Payame Noor University
Abstract
Objective: Just as the researchers always pay attention to the factors related to the Physical health, therefore, the present study considered Prediction of physical health based on academic stressors and humor styles in the university students. Method: Students of Ahwaz Payam- Noor University are the statistical population of the present study, that 259 people (200 female & 59 males) were selected by multi-stage random sampling. The study design is a correlation. For collecting the research data, it was used the questionnaire of the academic stressors, humor styles & physical health established in 1396, the analysis of the findings was done by the statistical software spss & with the help of the descriptive & inferential statistics. Results: The research results show that the academic stressors & humor styles have a negative correlation with the physical health & they have a positive correlation between the Self-defeating humor with the physical health. The resulting analysis of regression showed academic stressors & humor styles except the affiliate humor styles can anticipate & explain the physical health variables. Conclusion: The present study showed that in order that to reduce the bodily diseases & the academic stressors of the students, we should identify the academic stressors of the students & the ways to counter them & develop the humor styles
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