Coping flexibility in young adults: comparison between subjects with and without schizotypal personality features.
The current study examined characteristics of coping patterns adopted by college students in mainland China. In particular, it examined the coping strategies adopted by subjects with schizotypal personality (SPD) features compared to those without SPD features, and compared the relative effectiveness of their coping. Four types of coping flexibility were identified among the college sample (n=427), including active-inflexible, passive-inflexible, active-inconsistent, and passive-inconsistent styles. The passive-inconsistent style was related to the worst outcomes. When comparing subjects with SPD features with those without SPD features, subjects with SPD features endorsed significantly more emotion-focused strategies in uncontrollable situations than those without SPD features. The SPD group experienced higher levels of trait anxiety, depression, paranoid ideation and general health problems. The SPD group also generally perceived more, less controllable stress than the non-SPD group and randomly used all four categories of coping strategies.
Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ji-gang
JG
Zong
Raymond C K
RC
Chan
William S
WS
Stone
Xiaolu
X
Hsi
Xiao-yan
XY
Cao
Qing
Q
Zhao
Yan-fang
YF
Shi
Yu-na
YN
Wang
Ya
Y
Wang
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012557:Schizoid Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult