Personality and Coping in College Students
The aim of this paper was to describe the personality traits and the coping styles used by 99 university students, and observe if this variable are related. The NEO Five Factor Inventory [NEO-FFI], and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire [CAE] was used. The results confirm that Neuroticism is relate...
| Autor Principal: | Espinosa Méndez, Juan Carlos; Universidad Santo Tomás |
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| Otros Autores: | Contreras Torres, Françoise Venezia; Universidad del Rosario, Esguerra Pérez, Gustavo A; Universidad Santo Tomás |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2009
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/241 |
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The aim of this paper was to describe the personality traits and the coping styles used by 99 university students, and observe if this variable are related. The NEO Five Factor Inventory [NEO-FFI], and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire [CAE] was used. The results confirm that Neuroticism is related with passive and emotion focused coping strategies (maladaptive copings) whereas, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness are related with rational and active focused coping. Openness to Experience it was not associate with no one coping strategies. The findings provide evidence for the understanding of individual’s differences about how the young people cope the several environment requests. |
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