Thesis:

The relationship between coping strategies and post-traumatic stress disorder in male firefighters in Sabzevar city: The mediating role of physical activity

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between coping strategies and post-traumatic stress disorder in male firefighters in Sabzevar city: the mediating role of physical activity. This study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational research in terms of method. The statistical population of this study consists of all firefighters in Sabzevar city who are serving in 1403-1404, and 71 people were selected as a statistical sample using the full-number sampling method. The standard coping strategies questionnaire of Billings and Moss (1981), the Mississippi Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Questionnaire, and the Gholamalizadeh Physical Activity Scale were used to collect data. The supervisor's comments were used for the face and content validity of this questionnaire, and confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the construct validity of the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics methods were used to analyze the data, and path analysis using PLS software was used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that physical activity has a partial mediating role in the relationship between coping strategies and post-traumatic stress disorder. Other results of this study were the presence of a direct and significant effect of coping strategies on post-traumatic stress disorder and physical activity, as well as the direct effect of physical activity on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Keywords: Keywords: Coping strategies, post-traumatic stress, physical activity, firefighter