Personality and coping: A systematic review of recent literature

IF 3.5 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Personality and Individual Differences Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2025.113119

Christopher Guadalupe , Hilary L. DeShong

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Abstract

This systematic review examines the relationship between personality traits and coping strategies, with an emphasis on addressing theoretical and methodological challenges highlighted in Carver's (2010) foundational work. Drawing on 75 studies published between 2010 and 2024, the review reveals consistent findings linking the Five-Factor Model (FFM) traits to specific coping domains: conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness are associated with problem-focused coping, while neuroticism is strongly linked to avoidant coping. Variability in the associations with emotion-focused coping underscores definitional and measurement inconsistencies in the coping literature. The review identifies two primary issues: a lack of a unified coping theory and inconsistent use of validated measures, with 21 distinct coping tools observed. Additionally, most studies employed cross-sectional designs, limiting conclusions about more complex relationships between personality and coping. This review highlights the need for greater cohesion and methodological rigor to advance understanding and application of personality-coping research. Recommendations include the adoption of FFM facets for greater precision, the use and measurement of personality traits outside of just the FFM, adherence to validated coping frameworks, and the use of longitudinal and experimental methods to explore causal pathways and cyclical relationships.

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Personality and Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

8.50

自引率

4.70%

发文量

577

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.