scholarly journals The Big Five personality and temperamental traits and its correlation with styles of coping with stress in the fire brigade officers

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-173
Author(s):  
Justyna Szrajda ◽  
Malwina Tudorowska ◽  
Sławomir Kujawski ◽  
Magdalena Weber-Rajek ◽  
Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Fire Brigade ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
High Level ◽  
Task Oriented

Abstract Selecting specific professional activities (e.g. a brigade officer) and methods for coping with difficult situations may result from personal predispositions of a given person. Personality is founded on the innate temperament. The way of dealing with stress depends on personality traits whose influence is manifested, amongst other things, in the selection of specific coping styles. The current study aim to examine the level of correlation between personality and temperamental traits with manifested coping styles. The study covered 58 volunteers – male fire brigade officers. The following tools were used: Personality Inventory, NEO-FFI, Formal Characteristics of Behaviour: Temperament Inventory – Revised Version, FCZ-KT (R) and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, CISS. Emotion-focused coping style for stressful situations correlates with the following traits: positively, with perseveration (r=0.5115) and with emotional reactivity (r=0.4927), and negatively, with briskness (r=-0.3926) and endurance (r=-0.5408). The task-oriented coping style for stressful situations correlates positively with extraversion (r=0.3236) and conscientiousness (r=0.3088), and negatively with neuroticism (r=-0.3368) in the NEO-FFI. The emotion-focused coping style for stressful situations is positively correlated with neuroticism (NEO-FFI) (r=0.4150). In fire brigade officers, As far as personality traits were concerned, fire brigade officers scored relatively high in extraversion, conscientiousness and low in neuroticism and were likely to demonstrate the task-oriented coping style for stressful situations. Lower level of perseveration and high level of briskness and endurance were associated with emotion-focused coping style for stressful situations. Similarly, the tendency to focus on emotions experienced in stressful situations were associated with high level of neuroticism in the study group. 

scholarly journals Coping styles and aggressiveness in adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Łodygowska ◽  
Natalia Hendzelewska ◽  
Martyna Tyl
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Constructive Methods ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Introduction: Aggressiveness and aggression are important factors contributing to the functioning of young people and their adaptation to the environment. Despite numerous studies on aggression, there are actually no studies on methods of coping with stress among aggressive adolescents. Therefore, the aim of the presented research was to verify whether adolescents with different levels of aggressiveness/aggression reveal different tendencies in the use of styles of coping with stress.Materials and methods: We studied 135 adolescents (aged 16–18), using: 1) the Psychological Inventory of Aggression Syndrome (IPSA) by Gas – enabling identification of three main dimensions of aggression: S – self-aggression, U – internal aggression, and Z – external aggression; and 2) the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) by Endler and Parker, in the Polish adaptation by Strelau et al.Results: Based on their level of aggression, the participants were divided into three groups. Compared to their more aggressive peers, in stressful situations, adolescents scoring low on S, U, and Z significantly more frequently use task-oriented and significantly less frequently use emotion- and avoidance-oriented coping styles. There is a link between the level of aggressiveness/ aggression and the tendency to prefer emotion-focused coping and avoidance-oriented coping in the form of distraction, described as a tendency to engage in substitute activities.Conclusions: Elevated aggressiveness/aggression significantly limits the individual’s ability to use constructive methods of coping with stress.

scholarly journals Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression among Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: identifying direct, meditating and moderating predictors from path analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e021142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berhanie Getnet ◽  
Girmay Medhin ◽  
Atalay Alem
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Exposure To Trauma

ObjectiveThis study aimed at testing the significance of mediating and moderating roles of sense of coherence, adaptive coping styles and social support in the relationship between exposure to trauma and psychological symptoms in a refugee population in sub-Saharan Africa.MethodsA cross-sectional survey design was employed to collect data. The study was carried out in Mai Aini refugee camp in Ethiopia. A total of 562 adult Eritrean refugees aged 18–74 years were selected randomly to screen for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and to examine associated factors. Data were collected using the premigration and postmigration living difficulties checklist, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale, Primary Care PTSD Screener, coping style scale, Sense of Coherence scale and Oslo Social Support scale. Path modelling was used to test the mediation and moderation effects of prespecified factors.ResultsPremigration living difficulties were associated directly with symptoms of PTSD (β=0.09, p<0.05), and associated indirectly with PTSD symptoms in paths through duration of stay in the camp, sense of coherence, postmigration living difficulties, task-oriented coping style and depressive symptoms (β=0.26, p<0.01). Premigration and postmigration living difficulties were associated directly with depressive symptoms with standardised estimate of β=0.35(p<0.001) and β=0.23(p<0.05), respectively. Postmigration living difficulties were associated indirectly with PTSD through paths of sense of coherence, task-oriented coping style and depressive symptoms (β=0.13; p<0.01). Social support moderated the effect of postmigration living difficulties on depressive symptoms (p<0.05). Emotion-oriented coping style moderated the effect of premigration threat for abuse on PTSD (β=−0.18, p<0.001) and depressive (β=−0.12, p<0.01) symptoms, as well as moderating threat to life on PTSD symptoms (β=−0.13, p<0.001).ConclusionsSense of coherence and task-oriented coping style showed a partial mediating effect on the association between exposure to trauma and symptoms of PTSD. An emotion-oriented coping style and social support moderated the effect of premigration and postmigration living difficulties, respectively. Fostering social support, task-oriented and emotion-oriented coping styles may be beneficial for these refugees.

scholarly journals Big Five Personality Traits and Their Impact on Job Performance of Managers in FMCG Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 3104-3109
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Prime Objective ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
High Level

Personality of a manager is a very crucial factor to get success in his career and leading the high level of job performance in all departments of every organization. Appropriate personality of a manager always helps him to achieve the goal of the organisation. The prime objective of the research is to determine impact of five traits of personality on managers' performance at the workplace particularly in FMCG Sector. A questionnaire is made, comprising three stages where questions in first stage are based on respondent’s personal details, questions in stage second are framed for items of big five personality traits, which helps the managers to perform their jobs within a stipulated time period, part three for Job Performance. 400 managers of FMCG Sector are considered to collect the responses. Out of 400 managers, questionnaire was properly filled by 350 managers. Collection of data was done through interviews, questionnaire and www-link. Analysis of data was done through descriptive statistics i.e. measurement of percentage, mean and standard deviation, Correlation, regression technique and reliability analysis. This research study has made an attempt to study the big five personality traits and their impact on manager’s job performance. The result of the research shows that the manager’s personality traits affect their job performance in the organization.

scholarly journals Research on the General Situation of College Students’ Coping Styles

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Zhihui Gong
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Jilin Province ◽  
General Situation ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Research Objects ◽  
Negative Coping

Coping styles are the adjustment behavior of college students to stressful situations. To explore the General Situation of college students’ coping styles, use the simple coping style questionnaire compiled by Xie, Yaning in 1998 to conduct a survey. The questionnaire is divided into two dimensions: positive coping styles and negative coping styles. This research takes 522 college students from ordinary universities in Jilin Province as the research objects, analyzes some characteristics of current college students’ coping styles, and finds that college students are more likely to adopt negative coping styles when coping with stress.

The Associations Between Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the Big Five Personality Traits in a Japanese Sample

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kosuke Yano ◽  
Takayoshi Kase ◽  
Kazuo Oishi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Sensory Threshold ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Japanese Sample ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity

Abstract. Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a temperament trait characterized by deeper processing of sensory information, being easily overstimulated, stronger emotional reactivity, and more awareness of subtle stimuli. Many studies on Western samples have associated SPS and/or its three components (i.e., low sensory threshold [LST], ease of excitation [EOE], and aesthetic sensitivity [AES]) with the Big Five personality traits, but cultural factors may influence these relationships. This study surveyed a Japanese sample ( N = 1,626) to investigate the associations. Bivariate correlation analyses found that AES had a negatively weak correlation with neuroticism, while it was positively correlated with openness (strongly), extraversion, agreeableness (moderately), and conscientiousness (weakly). LST and EOE had strong positive correlations with neuroticism and moderate negative or weak correlations with the other four traits. The canonical correlation analysis revealed commonality between the constructs of about 55%. While some results were consistent with those of the former studies, others were not. The results contrary to studies on Western samples might be explained by the differences between collectivist and individualist cultures, biological differences, and/or measurement weaknesses.

scholarly journals Coping Style and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Vision Disturbances

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Oles ◽  
Piotr Oles
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
General Quality ◽  
Group A ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Task Oriented

Purpose.This study aims at evaluating coping style and quality of life in patients with glaucoma and cataract.Methods.The participants were patients (N=237, 130F; mean age: M = 67,8; SD = 9,5) with low vision caused by cataract(N=188)and glaucoma(N=49)who answered the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOLQ) by Schalock and Keith. The participants were divided by means of cluster analysis (k-means) according to coping styles measured by CISS (Endler and Parker) into three groups: (1) high mobilization for coping, (2) task-oriented coping, and (3) low mobilization for coping.Results.In all the group, a general quality of life was moderately lowered; however, in task-oriented group it was relatively high. Moreover, task-oriented group had significantly lower level of anxiety (STAI), hopelessness (HS), and loneliness (UCLA LS-R) and higher level of self-esteem (SES) in comparison to the patients from high mobilization and low mobilization for coping.Conclusions.In an old age, adaptive coping with vision disturbances does not necessarily mean flexibility in combining all coping styles, but rather task-oriented coping and an ability to use social support. Extreme mobilization for coping seems not adaptive similarly like low mobilization for coping because it violates balance between environmental requirements and personal resources.

scholarly journals Conforming and nonconforming personality and stress coping styles in combat athletes

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryszarda Ewa Bernacka ◽  
Bogusław Sawicki ◽  
Anna Mazurek-Kusiak ◽  
Joanna Hawlena
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Sport Performance ◽  
Frequent Occurrence ◽  
Stress Coping ◽  
Combat Sports ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Comparative Analyses ◽  
Creative Behaviour ◽  
Task Oriented

Abstract The main objective of this study was to investigate whether the personality dimension of conformism/nonconformism was a predictor of stress coping styles in athletes training combat sports, and to present the characteristics of this personality dimension in the context of the competitors’ adaptive/innovative sport performance. Scores of 346 males practising combat sports such as kick boxing, MMA, thai boxing, boxing and wrestling were analyzed. The participants completed the Creative Behaviour Questionnaire (KANH III) measuring the conformity/nonconformity personality dimension and the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) measuring stress coping styles. The comparative analyses were conducted only for the groups of conformists and nonconformists. Differences in stress coping styles between conformists and nonconformists training combat sports were found as nonconformists tended to prefer the task-oriented coping style. Conclusively, a higher rate of nonconformity was associated with increasingly frequent occurrence of task-oriented coping and decreasingly frequent emotion-oriented coping.

scholarly journals Personality Traits and the Feeling of Loneliness of Post-Graduate University Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Satyananda Panda
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Objective Condition ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
High Level

Loneliness  as  a  psychological  phenomenon  is  a  state  of  mind  rather  than  an  objective condition.  Individuals  may  feel  lonely  while  totally  surrounded  by  others  or  may  be totally fine  on  their  own. The purpose of this research was to examine personality traits and the feeling of loneliness of post-graduate university students. For this purpose, a non-clinical sample of 60 post-graduate students (30 male and 30 female) from various disciplines in the age group of 21 to 24 years were administered NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) and perceived loneliness scale. Correlation analysis showed that three Big Five personality dimensions which are openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness are negatively and moderately correlated with loneliness of post-graduate university students. However, significant differences were not found among male and female post-graduate university students on loneliness and Big Five personality dimensions. But since high level of mean scores of feeling of loneliness were found among both male and female post-graduate university students in this study, professionals need to pay attention to university students’ psychosocial state.

scholarly journals Estilos de afrontamiento en entrenadores: un análisis entre mujeres y hombres yucatecos (Coping styles in coaches: a study on men and women from Yucatan)

Retos ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 198-202
Author(s):  
Alexandra Valadez Jimenez ◽  
Mirta Margarita Flores Galaz ◽  
Enrique Javier Garcés de los Fayos Ruiz ◽  
Omar Benjamín Solís Briceño ◽  
Pedro Reynaga Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Factorial Combination ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Sports Coaches ◽  
The Relationship

Un afrontamiento inadecuado puede producir serias repercusiones negativas tanto sobre aspectos emocionales como en la capacidad para ejecutar cualquier tipo de tarea, es por ello que el objetivo de este trabajo fue identificar los estilos de afrontamiento de los entrenadores deportivos del estado de Yucatán, México; así como determinar las diferencias en el estilo de afrontamiento según el sexo y la relación entre las subescalas, sexo y tipo de deporte. Participaron 81 entrenadores de los cuales el 67.9% (55) son hombres y el 32.1% (26) mujeres, con una edad promedio de 35.42 años de edad y 11.32 años ejerciendo como entrenadores. A todos los participantes se les administró el Inventario COPE (Escala Multidimensional de Evaluación de los Estilos de Afrontamiento) que evalúa 15 dimensiones de afrontamiento al estrés que siguiendo el modelo de teórico de Folkman y Lazarus y el modelo de Anshell, se agruparon en una combinación factorial de segundo orden en: afrontamiento centrado en el problema, de evitación y afrontamiento centrado en la emoción. Respecto al estilo de afrontamiento mayormente utilizado es el centrado en el problema (M=3.01; DT=.37), no encontrando diferencias significativas respecto al sexo. Sin embargo, se encontraron correlaciones significativas entre las subescalas de afrontamiento y el tipo de deporte mayores a .05. Se puede observar que los análisis más detallados muestran algunas relaciones entre subescalas dependiendo del sexo y tipo de deporte. Abstract. Inadequate coping can lead to serious negative repercussions on both emotional aspects and the ability to perform any task. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify coping styles of sports coaches from the state of Yucatan, Mexico; in addition, to determine differences in coping style by gender, and to assess the relationship between subscales, gender, and type of sport. 81 professionals (67.9% [n = 55] men; and 32.1% [n = 26] women) with an average age of 35.42 years old and 11.32 average years working as coaches were selected. All participants were given the Multidimensional Scale in Coping Style (COPE) Inventory, which assesses 15 dimensions of coping with stress. Based on the theoretical models proposed by Folkman and Lazarus, and Anshell, these dimensions can be grouped in a second order factorial combination as follows: coping focused on the problem, avoidance, and coping centered on emotion. Regarding the coping style used, it is mostly centered on the problem (M = 3.01, SD = .37). Likewise, significant correlations between the subscales of coping and the type of sport (p < .05) were found. More detailed analyses show relationships between subscales depending on gender and type of sport.

scholarly journals Perception of supervisor support, personality traits of employees and their satisfaction with work-related facets

Psihologija ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-392
Author(s):  
Olga Hadzic ◽  
Nebojsa Majstorovic ◽  
Milena Nedeljkovic
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
State Ownership ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Satisfaction Questionnaire ◽  
Work Related ◽  
High Level

The planned downsizing in many organizations which are under the state ownership in Serbia produce a high level of uncertainty and a very specific organizational environment. Investigation of the satisfaction with work-related facets of the employees at the beginning of organizational changes is a very important step toward the building of an appropriate strategy for human resource management. We investigate the moderating effect of the variable 'supervisor support' on the correlations between variables 'Big Five personality traits of employees' and 'satisfaction with work-related facets'. Sample consists of 117 employees from a big state owned organization during an important organizational change. The following instruments are used: Big Five Locator - BFL, Communication Satisfaction Questionnaire - CSQ and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire - JS. Our results prove that the variable 'supervisor support' moderate the correlations between variable 'personality trait conscientiousness' and variables 'satisfaction with pay' and 'satisfaction with benefit'; the correlation between variable 'personality trait openness' and variable 'satisfaction with pay'; the correlations between variable 'personality trait negative affectivity' and variables 'satisfaction with pay', 'satisfaction with benefit', and 'satisfaction with recognition'.

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