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The independent and interactive effects of the Big-Five personality dimensions upon dispositional coping and coping effectiveness in sport.
- Source :
- International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology; Jul2019, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p410-426, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We examined the independent and interactive effects of the Big-Five personality traits on dispositional coping and coping effectiveness among athletes. Participants were 400 athletes (mean age 22.97, s = 7.00) from the UK. The athletes completed measures of personality, dispositional coping, and coping effectiveness. The Big-Five personality traits independently predicted the use of higher order coping dimensions. Extraversion, agreeableness, and openness positively predicted task-oriented coping. Neuroticism positively predicted distraction-oriented coping, whereas agreeableness, extraversion, and conscientiousness were negative predictors. Both extraversion and neuroticism positively predicted disengagement-oriented coping, whereas agreeableness and conscientiousness were negative predictors. Only neuroticism predicted coping effectiveness, which emerged as a negative predictor. Findings also showed a two-way interaction effect for predicting task-oriented coping between neuroticism and openness, and between extraversion and neuroticism. A further two-way interaction effect for predicting distraction-oriented coping was found between agreeableness and conscientiousness. These findings reinforce the need to investigate not only independent, but also interactive effects of personality dimensions upon sport-related dispositional coping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1612197X
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137270609
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2017.1362459