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The role of neuroticism in daily stress and coping

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ID6199718
AuthorsKathleen C Gunthert (0000-0002-7355-3226, University of Delaware, corresponding author), Lawrence H Cohen (0000-0002-9255-0119), Leonard Cohen, Stephen Armeli (0000-0002-3891-4479)
Year1999
Volume77
Issue5
Pages1087-1100
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.77.5.1087
PMID10573882
OpenAlexW4205102912
LanguageEN
Citations received146
References cited18

The authors examined the influence of neuroticism (N) on the occurrence of different types of daily events, primary and secondary appraisals of those events, use of specific coping strategies, and end-of-day negative mood. College students completed questionnaires at the end of every day for 14 consecutive days. When reporting their most stressful event of each day, high-N individuals, compared with low-N individuals, reported more interpersonal stressors and had more negative primary and secondary appraisals and reacted with more distress in response to increasingly negative primary and secondary appraisals. Compared with low-N individuals, high-N individuals used less-adaptive coping strategies (e.g., hostile reaction) and reacted with more distress in response to some types of coping strategies. The appraisal findings, in particular, help to explain the chronic negative affectivity associated with neuroticism

Avoidance coping · Coping (psychology · Coping behavior · Developmental psychology · Distress · Interpersonal communication · Mood · Negative affectivity · Neuroticism · Personality · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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