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We investigated the causal relationship between hostility and health status and the function of stress coping as its mediating process, by using structural equation modeling. Seven hundred and twenty-five university students participated in the study. Results show that hostility causes health problems such as somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction, and depression. In men, the frequency of problem-solving coping decreased with increased hostility, and this led to a further exacerbation in social dysfunction. In women, the frequencies of cognitive-reinterpretation and problem-solving coping decreased with increased hostility, and this resulted in a further exacerbation in anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction, and depression. These results suggest that training to attend to information in the environment and to think rationally, as well as training in problem-solving skills, is important for preventing health problems of hostile people.
