摘要：AbstractThis article studies the relation between religious coping strategies and mental health and alsoThe application of these strategies,especially the cognitive ones in ms(multiple-sclerosis)patientsfor example:trust in god, praying,philanthropies,believein death and the world after death.The subjects were 50 maleand female ms patients who werein the age of 25-40old… and all were received drug- therapy in one of the Tehrans psychiatric hospitals.The main hypothesis is:patients who are in stressfull conditions like: ms disease but have strong religious believe, and also they apply religious coping strategies, will attain a higher mental health…The instrument was: researcher- made questionair with 13 items in cognitive, avoidance and behavioral domain.its content validity was confirmed by psychiatrists and religious specialists… and its reliability was detected as %80 by test – retest methods in 2 weeks. T test and R correlation were used in this research.Results showed:there isnot any significant difference between male/female patients inapplying of religious copings.but it was: there is significant correlation between high religious beliefs and mental health. Patients with high religious tendency have higher mental health.(p<0/5)Inconclusion, we can say that in frustrating situations, some religious beliefs such as:trust in god and having metaphysics beliefs can increase peoples mental health and even help people cope with conditions like death.
