Effective Coping with Academic Stress Is a Matter of Personality Types: Revisiting the Person-Centred Approach
Cristina Varo,
María del Mar Aires-González,
María García-Jiménez
et al.
Abstract:Recent literature provides alarming data on the increase in university academic stress. The role of personality in understanding and addressing this problem is well established. However, this evidence could be improved by adopting a person-centred approach (e.g., types), as opposed to the usual variable-centred approach (e.g., traits), and considering the role of gender. Our aim was to explore how personality types and gender relate to coping strategies and perceived coping efficacy for academic stress. A tota… Show more
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