2020 Volume 60 Issue 7 Pages 608-616
Background : As well as lifestyle habits such as smoking, diet, sleep and physical activity, coping strategies against psychological stress can be important factors which explain the relationship between personality and diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the relations among personality, coping strategies, lifestyle habits, and subjective stress.
Method : Based on self-administered questionnaire obtained from 11,552 participants in the Kyushu University Fukuoka Cohort Study, we executed covariance structure analysis.
Results : Higher neuroticism was associated with more frequent passive coping strategies and less frequent positive coping strategies in both men and women. On the other hand, when treating extraversion as an exogenous variable, difference was seen between men and women as to more effective coping.
Conclusion : It was suggested that personality traits affect psychological stress via not only lifestyle habits, but also coping strategies.
