Examining the Relationship of Optimism and Emo-tion Regulation Strategies with General Health among Students of

Abstract Background and Objective: Individuals apply various emotion regulation strategies, some of which are adaptive and others are maladaptive affecting people's general health. Moreover, individual life-orientation including favorable expectancies about future (optimism) is associated with healthrelated behaviors. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship of optimism and emotion regulation strategies with general health of university students. 866 and consistent with other findings, optimism is associated with higher levels of applying coping strategies and lower levels of avoidance