1999 Volume 47 Issue 2 Pages 239-247
In Study 1, 2 axes-external unexpected (EU)-internal intrusion (II), and private life (PL)university life (UL)-were extracted from negative stress events, and 5 types of coping behavior were compared across 4 isolated negative stress groups. Participants were 102 undergraduate students. In Study 2, personality types, stress recognition, and responses were compared among the 4 groups. Participants were 113 undergraduates. The results were as follows: The Internal Intrusion-Private Life group had significantly higher “conversion of points of view” coping behavior than the other groups. This result was explained by the additional finding that the cognition and responses of the Internal Intrusion-Private Life group were both negative. Also, the escape coping behavior was significantly higher than the other coping behaviors for the External Unexpected-University Life group this was explained by the low recognition of threatening and also by the low recognition of capability followed burden. The results were discussed in terms of college students' styles of coping with negative stress events.
