Does trait coping exist? A momentary assessment approach to the evaluation of traits

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6206280
AutoresJ E Schwartz (0000-0002-8944-3566, Stony Brook University, autor correspondente), John M Neale, John Neale, Chris Marco, Saul Shiffman (0000-0002-9639-490X), Saul S Shiffman, Arthur A Stone (0000-0001-7490-1758)
Ano1999
Volume77
Fascículo2
Páginas360-369
Data de publicação1999-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.77.2.360
OpenAlexW2059248304
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas51

This study investigated the extent to which momentary reports of coping are a traitlike phenomenon and the validity of a questionnaire assessment of coping style. Participants (N = 96) completed the questionnaire, then monitored stressful events and coping activities for 2 days using a hand-held computer that administered a brief assessment every 40 min. Momentary reports exhibited a sizable traitlike component: Individual differences accounted for 42% of the variance for 2 coping items and 15-30% of the variance for 15 items. The questionnaire assessment of coping style was a poor predictor of average momentary coping; the coping style measure and the aggregated momentary measure of trait coping shared 23% of their variance for religion and 0-12% for the 16 other coping measures. Self-report assessments of trait coping are poor measures of the trait component of momentary coping and very poor predictors of coping in specific situations.

Big Five personality traits · Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Personality · Trait · Clinical Psychology · Health and Lifestyle Studies · Health, psychology, and well-being · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology