Maryam Milani Fard - Researcher at the Anesthesia and Pain &Molecular and cell Biology Research cente, Faculty of Medicine Department of Anatomy, Iran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir Mohammad Milani Fard - Graduate of nursing, School of nursing and medical emergency, Alborz University of Medical ‎Sciences, Researcher of Baqiyatallah Hospital Research Center,‎ Tehran, Iran.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of various psychosocial factors on coping strategies in MS patients. Materials and Methods: The present study is a descriptive-analytical study and the study population includes all men and women with inflammatory bowel disease and members of the inflammatory bowel association. In this study, sampling method was performed by available method. In order to collect data, the standard questionnaire of coping strategies of Lazarus and Folkman, the researcher-made questionnaire of social protection, the self-efficacy questionnaire of Scherer et al. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software. Results: The results of Kruskal-Wallis test showed that there is a significant relationship between socioeconomic status, coping strategies and the results of Spearman correlation coefficient test indicate a significant positive relationship between social network, social support, and sense of self-efficacy. Perception of the disease was problem-oriented coping strategy and inversely related to emotion-coping coping strategy. Conclusion: The results of Spearman correlation test show that at the level of ۹۵% probability between social support and seeking social support (correlation coefficient equal to ۰.۶۹۲), problematic problem solving (correlation coefficient equal to ۰.۷۳۹), confrontational confrontation (correlation coefficient equal to ۰.۴۶۶) There is a direct significant relationship (positive correlation coefficient and significance levels is less than ۰.۰۵). Researchers such as Tuis (۱۹۸۲) found that people with lower socioeconomic status were more likely to use emotion-avoidance coping strategies and less problem-solving coping, so our first hypothesis is cons.

Multiple Sclerosis, Social Networking, Feeling of Self-Efficacy, coping strategies