A Comparison of Religious and Non-religious Coping Strategies between Gifted and Regular High School Students in Tabriz city

The present study was aimed to compare religious and non-religious coping strategies in gifted and regular high-school students of Tabriz city. 240 gifted and regular students (120 gifted and 120 regular students) from both genders were selected by means of cluster sampling method.  The Questionnaire of Approaching Daily Hassles and Stressors was administered to study all types of coping strategies (action and attribution). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were utilized to data analysis and indicated that there is significant differences between gifted and regular students in all types of active coping strategies except for the personal action. In addition, the results showed significant differences for all types of attributional coping strategies except for the social coping strategy. Thus, regular students endorsed more coping strategies in challenging situations than gifted students. The findings were discussed with regard to the usage of religious coping strategies in negative and health- threatening situations by the students. Studies with non-students groups and adult individuals as well as studying the relationship between psychological adjustment components with all types of coping strategies should be considered in the future research.