چكيده لاتين :
The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between mental health and students’ defense
mechanisms. The research method was practical in terms of purpose, and descriptive-correlational in terms of
data collection type with quantitative data and regression method. The statistical population of the research
consisted of all students of bachelor’s and master’s degree in Azad University of Saveh. The data collection tool
of the research was Hosseini’s defense mechanism questionnaire (2007) and Goldberg and Hiller’s mental health
questionnaire (1979). Reliability of the tools was reviewed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and their validity
was reviewed by content validity. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics were used (Pearson’s
correlation test and regression analysis) using SPSS software. The results indicated that physical symptoms had
negative and significant correlation with repression, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, displacement,
and denial. In addition to this correlation, physical symptoms and compensation had positive and significant
correlation. The correlation between physical symptoms with identification, introjection, reversal, imagination,
transformation, and rational explanation was not significant. Anxiety and insomnia had a positive and significant
correlation with repression, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, displacement, denial, and rational
explanation. The correlation of anxiety and insomnia was negative and significant with compensation,
identification, and sublimation, but the correlation of anxiety and insomnia was not significant with introjection,
imagination, and transformation. The correlation of social malfunction was positive and significant with
repression, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, displacement, denial, and rational explanation. The
correlation of social malfunction was negative and significant with compensation, identification, introjection,
and sublimation, but its correlation with displacement and imagination wasn’t significant. Depression had
positive and significant correlation with repression, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, displacement,
denial, and rational explanation. The correlation of depression with mechanisms of identification, compensation,
and sublimation was negative and significant, but its correlation wasn’t significant with introjection and
imagination.