The influence of intelligence on coping style selection.
The initial purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the role of intelligence in the selection of a cognitive coping strategy by undergraduate college students in test situations (N = 50). The primary hypothesis of this investigation was confirmed. Intelligence was found to be related significantly to the selection of a predominant coping strategy. Although this finding is interesting and important to the understanding of test anxiety, the second unpredicted finding, that identification of patterns of coping styles rather than one predominant style may be a more useful technique, is the primary contribution of this study. The results of this investigation contribute to the further understanding of coping in testing situations.
D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics