Background and purpose: Childhood and adolescence has special conditions. Difficulty in coping and emotional regulation can lead to anxiety disorders. The purpose of this research was comparing the coping strategies and emotion regulation of students having symptoms of anxiety-related emotional disorders with normal group.

Method: The method of this research was causative-comparative. 331 students of middle school from Touyserkan city were selected by categorized sampling method. 60 persons were selected after screening (30 persons with high anxiety, 30 persons with low anxiety) as a sample. Subjects answered Andler & Parker Coping Strategies (1990), Cross & John Emotion Regulation (2003), and Anxiety-Related Emotional Disorders (2000) questionnaires. Data was analyzed by SPSS and with MANOVA method.

Results: The results of this research showed that there is a statistical significant difference among coping strategies and emotion regulation of students having symptoms of anxiety-related emotional disorders with normal group (P < 0.05). Also, it is obtained significant statistical difference between two groups for components of mentioned variables as a mixed variable. However, problem-oriented coping strategy and emotion regulation of reappraisal does not demonstrate any significant difference between two groups. Also the difference between two groups in emotion-oriented coping strategy, avoidant coping strategy, and emotion regulation of suppression was significant (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: The type of coping of students with problems and the way that they regulate their emotions has important role in incidence of symptoms of anxiety-related emotional disorders.