Resilience, sense of coherence and self-efficacy as predictors of stress coping style among university students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the personality predictors of individuals with a stress coping style. In the study, we have attempted to establish which traits play a crucial role in the prediction of tendencies applicable to a specific style of stress coping. In this study, all personality predictors were included in one model. The study was conducted with a group of 632 students. The results demonstrate a positive relationship between both self-efficacy and resilience with a task-oriented style of coping. Both traits related to a task-oriented style to a similar extent. The relationship between participants' sense of coherence and taskoriented style was non-significant. Participants' emotion-oriented style was negatively related with not just the sense of coherence variable, but also with self-efficacy and resilience. Significant predictors of avoidance-oriented styles were the sense of coherence and resilience variables. Further analysis of the two forms of avoidance-oriented styles demonstrate that the sense of coherence variable was a significant predictor of both engaging in substitute activities and seeking contact with other people. Resilience was a significant predictor solely with regard to seeking contact with other people.

Resilience and mental health among juveniles: role of strategies for coping with stress

“…Although avoidance coping is known as a maladaptive avoidance strategy, some forms of this strategy might actually be healthy [ 92 , 93 ]. Contrary to avoidance behaviours such as stopping, distracting, or withdrawing, avoidance coping related to seeking contact with others, reading books, or doing work can be adaptive [ 94 , 130 ]. These healthier forms of coping do not necessarily approach the problem directly, but they do affect the response to the problem [ 131 ].…”

The Polish Version of the Resilience Scale 25: Adaptation and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation

“…Avoidant style can also be analysed in terms of its two forms (engaging in substitute activities and seeking social contact). Only then was the positive relationship between resilience and social contact seeking confirmed, while the relationship between engaging in substitute activities was insignificant (Konaszewski et al, 2019). In the course of other studies, the relation between resilience and task-oriented strategies of coping was also confirmed, and negative with emotion-oriented strategies (Beasley et al, 2003;Chen, 2016;Craparo et al, 2018;Konaszewski et al, 2019).…”

“…Only then was the positive relationship between resilience and social contact seeking confirmed, while the relationship between engaging in substitute activities was insignificant (Konaszewski et al, 2019). In the course of other studies, the relation between resilience and task-oriented strategies of coping was also confirmed, and negative with emotion-oriented strategies (Beasley et al, 2003;Chen, 2016;Craparo et al, 2018;Konaszewski et al, 2019). Our research also confirms previous findings, in terms of which resilience is also negatively associated with the perceived of stress and risk of depression, while positively with satisfaction with life (Beasley et al, 2003;Ahern et al, 2006;Abolghasemi and Varaniyab, 2010;Salazar-Pousada et al, 2010;Tempski et al, 2015).…”

“…Furthermore, we expected a negative relationship between the RS 25 and perceived stress (Abolghasemi and Varaniyab, 2010;Beutel et al, 2017), risk of depression (Salazar-Pousada et al, 2010;Burns et al, 2011), and emotion-task coping (Gloria and Steinhardt, 2016). To determine the divergent validity of the RS 25, we analysed the correlations among the RS 25 and avoidance-oriented coping (Konaszewski et al, 2019).…”

The state of psychological wellbeing of unemployed distinction graduates and the factors contributory to their wellbeing

“…The study of Akanni and Otakpor (2016) revealed a negative association between resilience and the psychological distress of school going adolescents in Benin, Nigeria. Other studies have demonstrated a positive and significant correlation between resilience and reduced task-based stress (Harms et al, 2018;Konaszewski et al, 2019;Memarian et al, 2015). Conversely, some other studies have shown that resilience also correlated negatively with some factors such as avoidance/ denial, distraction, self-blaming, and chronic depression (M. M. Smith et al, 2016;Stratta et al, 2015).…”