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This study shows that both conscious reasoning and automatic habits influence problem-focused coping behaviors in university students. Interventions should target both reasoned and automatic psychological processes for effective stress management.

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  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Traditional stress management interventions often overlook the underlying mechanisms driving behavior change.
  • A dual-process model integrating reasoned and automatic processes offers a more comprehensive framework for understanding coping behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test an integrated dual-process model for predicting problem-focused coping behavior.
  • To examine the roles of reasoned and automatic psychological processes in shaping coping strategies.

Main Methods:

  • A two-wave prospective correlational study with a 1-week follow-up was conducted.
  • University students (N=272, aged 17-25) completed online surveys measuring attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, intentions, behavioral automaticity, and past coping behaviors.
  • Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data.

Main Results:

  • The dual-process model demonstrated a good fit, explaining 50.0% of the variance in intentions and 45.4% in problem-focused coping behavior.
  • Attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and past behavior significantly predicted intention.
  • Intention, past behavior, and behavioral automaticity directly predicted problem-focused coping behavior, with past behavior also indirectly influencing it via automaticity.

Conclusions:

  • Problem-focused coping behavior is influenced by both reasoned and, more strongly, automatic psychological processes.
  • Future stress management interventions should incorporate behavior change methods targeting both reasoned and automatic processes to enhance problem-focused coping.