To determine strategies used by different personalities to cope with stress, a sample of 635 university students across different levels and major areas of study was selected through categorical random sampling. Two measures were used to collect data: one measuring personality type and the other ways of coping with stress. Results show that type A personalities use more problem-based strategies in coping with stress than type B personalities. As stress level increases, the likelihood of a type A personality using an affect-based strategy increases, where as in type B personality is the other way around. The same is true with the avoidance-based strategies in the case of type A, but not with the other. The most frequently used strategies seem to be in the affect-based category.
Rezakhani, S. (2012). Different personalities\' strategies for coping with stress. Journal of Psychological Studies, 8(2), 123-142. doi: 10.22051/psy.2012.1719
MLA
Simindokht Rezakhani. "Different personalities\' strategies for coping with stress", Journal of Psychological Studies, 8, 2, 2012, 123-142. doi: 10.22051/psy.2012.1719
HARVARD
Rezakhani, S. (2012). 'Different personalities\' strategies for coping with stress', Journal of Psychological Studies, 8(2), pp. 123-142. doi: 10.22051/psy.2012.1719
VANCOUVER
Rezakhani, S. Different personalities\' strategies for coping with stress. Journal of Psychological Studies, 2012; 8(2): 123-142. doi: 10.22051/psy.2012.1719
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