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 United Kingdom. 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.
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Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2017.1362459 |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Publisher: | Fitness Information Technology |
Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology on 17 Aug 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1612197X.2017.1362459 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Science, 1302 Curriculum And Pedagogy, |
Depositing User (symplectic) | Deposited by Kaiseler, Mariana |
Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2017 13:49 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2024 11:35 |
Item Type: | Article |
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