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Coping styles and personality: a biometric analysis.

Kerry L Jang1, Dana S Thordarson, Murray B Stein

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. kjang@interchange.ubc.ca

Anxiety, Stress, and Coping
|November 14, 2007
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Genetic factors modestly influence coping styles, but they are not solely determined by personality traits. Environmental factors play a role, particularly in distraction coping.

Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Genetics
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Coping styles are thought to be heritable and linked to personality.
  • Previous research indicates shared genetic influences between coping and personality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the heritable basis of coping styles using the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations.
  • To determine the extent to which genetic influences on coping are shared with genetic influences on personality.

Main Methods:

  • Twin study design utilizing 91 monozygotic and 80 dizygotic twin pairs.
  • Estimation of heritability for different coping styles (task-oriented, emotion-oriented, social diversion, distraction).
  • Multivariate analyses to assess shared genetic and environmental contributions between coping and personality.

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Main Results:

  • Task-oriented, emotion-oriented, and social diversion coping styles showed modest heritability (h² = .17–.20).
  • Distraction coping appeared to be influenced exclusively by environmental factors.
  • Genetic contributions to coping were only modestly related to genetic contributions to personality.

Conclusions:

  • Coping style is not simply a direct manifestation of basic personality traits.
  • Genetic factors in personality may exert a modest influence on an individual's preferred coping style.
  • Environmental factors significantly contribute to coping styles, particularly distraction-based coping.