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Relationships between coping style and PAI profiles in a community sample

J A Deisinger1, J E Cassisi, S L Whitaker

  • 1Governors State University, USA.

Journal of Clinical Psychology
|May 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Psychological functioning influences coping styles. Individuals categorized as normal, anxious, or eccentric demonstrated distinct coping mechanisms, with gender also playing a role in coping strategy selection.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • Coping styles are crucial for psychological well-being.
  • Understanding the link between psychological functioning and coping is vital for targeted interventions.
  • Previous research has explored coping but often lacks detailed psychological functioning categorization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between distinct psychological functioning profiles and specific coping styles.
  • To identify differences in coping strategies among individuals classified into normal, anxious, and eccentric PAI clusters.
  • To examine gender-based variations in coping mechanisms within this community sample.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) to categorize psychological functioning in 168 community participants.

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  • Assigned subjects to PAI configural profile clusters (normal, anxious, eccentric) based on clinical scale T-scores.
  • Employed multivariate analysis of covariance with the COPE Inventory to compare coping styles across PAI clusters and genders.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant differences in coping styles were found across the three PAI clusters.
    • Individuals in the 'normal' cluster used avoidance less frequently than anxious or eccentric clusters.
    • The 'normal' cluster sought social support and vented more than the 'eccentric' but less than the 'anxious' cluster. Women favored social support, while men favored hedonistic escapism.

    Conclusions:

    • Psychological functioning, as defined by PAI clusters, is significantly associated with coping style.
    • Avoidance coping is less prevalent in individuals with normal psychological functioning.
    • Gender influences coping strategies, with women more inclined towards social support and men towards escapism.