title: Coping and personality.
abstract: 146 women and 47 men were given the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations. Neuroticism accounted for 37% of the variance in emotion-focused coping. Personality was not a substantial predictor of other coping strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Saklofske
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results