title: Self-concept clarity and preferred coping styles.
abstract: This study examined the relation between self-concept clarity and (a) preferred general coping styles, (b) coping with a specific event, and (c) coping with a specific ongoing situation in 175 undergraduate students. The results of the regression analyses for general coping styles indicated that self-concept clarity made a reliable but weak positive contribution to active coping styles (e.g., planning and taking action) and a strong negative contribution to passive coping styles (e.g, denial). The unique negative contribution of self-concept clarity to passive coping was replicated with respect to coping with a specific event and to coping with a specific ongoing situation. However, the weaker positive contribution of self-concept clarity to active coping was not replicated with respect to coping with specific events or specific ongoing situations.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wethington
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support