Publication Date
2025
Presentation Length
15 minutes
College
College of Sciences & Mathematics
Department
Psychological Science, Department of
Student Level
Undergraduate
SPARK Category
Research
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Patrick Morse
WELL Core Type
Intellectual Wellness
Metadata/Fulltext
Fulltext
SPARK Session
Personality Psychology I: 11:45am-12:25pm OR Psychological Science and Neuroscience: 2-3pm
Presentation Type
Talk/Oral
Summary
It is no secret that college students frequently find themselves the victims of a variety of everyday and long-term stressors that can interfere with their psychological wellbeing (Saleh, et al., 2017). There are a variety of coping styles that students can use to help mitigate their stress, including problem-focused and emotion-focused coping styles (Gárriz et al., 2015).Identifying whether or not certain personality traits respond differently to different coping styles could be a critical step in informing different individuals on specific coping strategies. Currently, however, research gives mixed results regardinghow individuals with certain traits tend to cope, specifically with regards to extraversion and openness to experience (Vollrath & Torgersen, 2000; Panaitescu, 2018; Bouchard, 2003). Participants rated their levels of stress, preferred coping styles, and personality according to the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS; Cohen et al., 1983), the Brief COPE Scale (Carver, 1997), and the extraversion and openness components of the Big Five Inventory (BFI; John et al., 1991). Based on their scores on each respective scale, participants will be separated into low-to-high stress groups, emotion-or-problem focused coping groups, and extraverted or open personality groups. Findings will be discussed and analyzed at SPARK on April 16th, 2025.
Recommended Citation
Butler, Gwendolyn; Clapper, Andrew; Hill, Abby; and Castillo, Sophia, "Psychology: Personality, Coping, and Stress in Undergraduates" (2025). SPARK Symposium Presentations. 549.
https://repository.belmont.edu/spark_presentations/549
