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. 2022;20(3):1854-1872.
doi: 10.1007/s11469-021-00486-2. Epub 2021 Jan 21.

Coping with Stress During the Coronavirus Outbreak: the Contribution of Big Five Personality Traits and Social Support

Qutaiba Agbaria  1 , Amnah Abu Mokh  1
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Coping with Stress During the Coronavirus Outbreak: the Contribution of Big Five Personality Traits and Social Support

Qutaiba Agbaria et al. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2022.

Abstract

This study investigated the relationships between active, problem-focused, and maladaptive coping with stress during the Coronavirus outbreak, the Big Five personality traits, and social support among Israeli-Palestinian college students (n = 625). Emotion-focused coping negatively correlated with social support, openness, extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness, while it positively correlated with neuroticism. On the other hand, problem-focused coping was found to positively correlate with social support, openness, extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness, but negatively correlate with neuroticism. Thus, positive social support may increase one's ability to cope actively, adaptively, and efficiently. In addition, Israeli-Palestinian college students high in openness, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness tend to use active problem-focused coping while those high in neuroticism tend to use maladaptive emotion-focused coping.

Keywords: Big Five personality traits; Coronavirus; Israeli-Palestinian students; Social support; Stress coping.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of InterestThe manuscript has only been submitted to The International journal of mental health and addiction, it will not be submitted elsewhere while under consideration, and it has not been published elsewhere – either in similar form or verbatim. I am responsible for the reported research and all authors have participated in the concept and design; analysis and interpretation of data; drafting or revising of the manuscript, and I have reviewed/approved the manuscript. There are no conflicts of interest.

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