Research Article

Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility

Volume: 48 Number: 1 April 21, 2019
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Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility

Abstract

The first aim of this research is to examine the relationship between personality types, problem-focused stress coping style, and cognitive flexibility in adolescents. The second aim is to determine whether cognitive flexibility plays a mediating role in relationship between personality types and problem-oriented coping styles. For this purpose, data were collected from 465 adolescents (293 (63%) women and 172 (37%) men). Five Factor Personality Scale, Coping Style Scale and Cognitive Flexibility Scale were used as data collection tools. Correlation coefficient and path analysis were used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings obtained from the research, positive personality types such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness of the adolescents have significant positive relationships between problemfocused coping style and cognitive flexibility. On the other hand, there was a significant negative correlation between neuroticism personality type and problemfocused coping style and cognitive flexibility. When the findings of mediation analysis are examined, it has been found that cognitive flexibility has partially mediation role in relationships between personality types and problem-focused coping style. In other words, both direct relationships between personality types and problem-focused coping are meaningful, as well as indirect implications through cognitive flexibility. The findings were discussed and interpreted in light of the literature.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

April 21, 2019

Submission Date

November 15, 2018

Acceptance Date

March 26, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 48 Number: 1

APA
Gündüz, B., & Çelikkaleli, Ö. (2019). Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 48(1), 73-99. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.483079
AMA
1.Gündüz B, Çelikkaleli Ö. Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019;48(1):73-99. doi:10.14812/cuefd.483079
Chicago
Gündüz, Bülent, and Öner Çelikkaleli. 2019. “Direct and Indirect Relationships Between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 48 (1): 73-99. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.483079.
EndNote
Gündüz B, Çelikkaleli Ö (April 1, 2019) Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 48 1 73–99.
IEEE
[1]B. Gündüz and Ö. Çelikkaleli, “Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 73–99, Apr. 2019, doi: 10.14812/cuefd.483079.
ISNAD
Gündüz, Bülent - Çelikkaleli, Öner. “Direct and Indirect Relationships Between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 48/1 (April 1, 2019): 73-99. https://doi.org/10.14812/cuefd.483079.
JAMA
1.Gündüz B, Çelikkaleli Ö. Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019;48:73–99.
MLA
Gündüz, Bülent, and Öner Çelikkaleli. “Direct and Indirect Relationships Between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 48, no. 1, Apr. 2019, pp. 73-99, doi:10.14812/cuefd.483079.
Vancouver
1.Bülent Gündüz, Öner Çelikkaleli. Direct and Indirect Relationships between Personality Types and Problem-Focused Coping Style in Adolescents: Mediation Role of Cognitive Flexibility. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019 Apr. 1;48(1):73-99. doi:10.14812/cuefd.483079

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