eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-06-18 8 1 133 139 10.13005/bpj/591 557 article Asra Bagherzade 1 Seyed Sajad Hashemi Kataki 2 MA in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty o fHumanities,Islamic Azad University Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran. MA in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty ofHumanities,Islamic Azad University Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran. To examine positive/negative affects and coping strategies in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizure, temporal lobe epilepsy and in control group.33 patients diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizure and 33 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (after being diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizure and temporal lobe epilepsy) were selected according to the criteria of inclusion and exclusion in the study.At the end, 33 non-patients were selected from non-neurological and non-psychiatric clinics as control group and were compared with the two groups diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizure and temporal lobe epilepsy. Data were collected via positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale   (PANAS) of Watson, Clark and Tellegen and Lazarus' Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)was used for data analysis.the test showed a significant difference in items of positive/negative affects and coping strategies of patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizure and those with temporal lobe epilepsy and the control group (p<0.05).Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and psychogenic non-epileptic seizure compared to the control groups obtained higher scores on sub scales of negative emotions. That is, the two groups compared to control group experience more negative emotions. The positive emotions in both groups compared to the control groups were in the lower levels https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol8no1/positive-and-negative-affects-and-coping-strategies-in-patients-with-psychogenicnon-epileptic-seizuretemporallobeepilepsyand-control-groups/ psychogenic non-epileptic seizure temporal lobe epilepsy positive/negative affect coping strategies