ABSTRACT
Job stress is very common among nurses. The study of coping styles and related factors can contribute to affective response to stress. The purpose of present study was to investigate the relationship of religiosity and personality dimension and self-efficacy with coping style of nurse's students. This is a descriptive in the context of the cross-sectional study, which was performed in 2009. The study sample includes 323 nurse students, witch selected with cluster sampling model. Practitioner students spent at least 10 hours in week to work in hospitals. Data were collected through Islamic Religiosity Scale, NEO Inventory, General Self-Efficacy Scale and Ways of Coping Questionnaire, and then analyzed with the help of correlation and stepwise regression analysis. Results of regression analysis show that between religiosity, personality dimensions and self-efficacy, religiosity has more portion in predict of problem-focus coping style in nurses students, and only neuroticism is able to predicting of emotional-focus coping style in nurses students. With regarding to results, can concluded that religious instructions to nurses students can help them to have effective coping with stressful situations in clinical work. Also, guidance and accompanying of instructors with practitioner students to experience all pleasant and unpleasant aspects of clinical work, has important role in effective coping with them