Interplay of Personality Trait, Coping Strategy and Adjustment among College Students

Asian Resonance (P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No.UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-6, ISSUE-3, July - 2017 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443)

Abstract


 Deepali Dabas 

Research Scholar, School of Management Studies, Ansal University, Gurgaon,Haryana, India.


Neelam Pandey 

Assistant Professor, Deptt.of AIPS, Amity University, Noida,U.P, India.


Navnidhi 

Student, Deptt.of AIPS, Amity University, Noida,U.P, India.

Interplay of personality trait, coping strategy and adjustment among college student. Personality plays an important role in shaping individual both physically and psychologically, there are many factors that are dependent upon personality in an individual’s life such as motivation, mood, confidence, coping styles, adjustment etc. The aim of the present research was to study the interplay of or the correlation of personality trait, coping strategy and adjustment among college students. The Hypotheses were that there will be a significant correlation between extraversion personality trait, social support, express emotion coping strategy and good adjustment. There will be a significant correlation of psychotism personality trait, problem avoidance, social withdrawal coping strategy and adjustment problem. There will be a significant correlation of neurotisism personality trait, wishful thinking coping strategy and low level of adjustment. The study consisted of sample of 80 students (40 boys and 40 girls). Three tools were used to assess the following variables namely EPQ by Eysenck and Eysenck , Bell Adjustment Inventory by R.K Ojha and Coping Strategy Inventory by David L.Tobin. survey was done among college students and three questionnaire were given to each student for measuring the three variables of study, personality questionnaire assessing three dimensions namely extrovert, neuroticism and psychoticsmwhereas adjustment questionnaire assess its following dimensions namely home, social, health and emotion and coping strategy questionnaire assess its 8 dimensions that are problem solving, cognitive restructuring, social support, social withdrawal, express emotion, problem avoidance , wishful thinking and self-criticism. Mean, SD and Correlation were carried out as statistical methods for result interpretation and result showed that individuals with neurotic personality trait had poor level of adjustment and used wishful thinking as there coping strategy where as people with extrovert personality showed insignificant correlation in social support , express emotion as coping strategy and level of adjustment.

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