CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 98Personality Traits and PsychologyPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologyAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Personality and coping traits: a joint factor analysis

Ferguson, Eamonn·2001·British Journal of Health Psychology
DOI 10.1348/135910701169232
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

Objectives. The main objective of this paper is to explore the structural similarities between Eysenck's model of personality and the dimensions of the dispositional COPE. Costa et al . {Costa P., Somerfield, M., & McCrae, R. (1996). Personality and coping: A reconceptualisation. In (pp. 44‐61) Handbook of coping: Theory, research and applications . New York: Wiley} suggest that personality and coping behaviour are part of a continuum based on adaptation. If this is the case, there should be structural similarities between measures of personality and coping behaviour. This is tested using a joint factor analysis of personality and coping measures. Design. Cross‐sectional survey. Methods. The EPQ‐R and the dispositional COPE were administered to 154 participants, and the data were analysed using joint factor analysis and bivariate associations. Results. The joint factor analysis indicated that these data were best explained by a four‐factor model. One factor was primarily unrelated to personality. There was a COPE‐neurotic‐introvert factor (NI‐COPE) containing coping behaviours such as denial, a COPE‐extroversion (E‐COPE) factor containing behaviours such as seeking social support and a COPE‐psychoticism factor (P‐COPE) containing behaviours such as alcohol use. This factor pattern, especially for NI‐ and E‐COPE, was interpreted in terms of Gray's model of personality {Gray, J. A.(1987) The psychology of fear and stress . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press}. NI‐, E‐, and P‐COPE were shown to be related, in a theoretically consistent manner, to perceived coping success and perceived coping functions. Conclusions. The results indicate that there are indeed conceptual links between models of personality and coping. It is argued that future research should focus on identifying coping ‘trait complexes’. Implications for practice are discussed.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1348/135910701169232

Cites

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Such patterns are deeply rooted in Confucian pedagogical traditions, where discipline and respect for authority are seen as prerequisites for learning.

    “Such patterns are deeply rooted in Confucian pedagogical traditions, where discipline and respect for authority are seen as prerequisites for learning (Wubbels, 2011; Tsui, 1996; Ferguson, 2001; Sun and Shek, 2012b; Sun and Shek, 2012a).”

    From Analysis of classroom silence behaviors among Chinese and Korean undergraduates (2025) · cites this paper as Ferguson, 2001

Cites

Still being checked.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Related

Authors
Ferguson, E.
Affiliations
University of Nottingham (GB)
Corresponding author
Ferguson, Eamonn
ORCID
Ferguson, Eamonn
Venue
British Journal of Health Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2001-11
Volume
6
Issue
4
Pages
311-325
ISSN
  • 1359-107X (ISSN-L)
  • 2044-8287
DOI
10.1348/135910701169232
OpenAlex
W2029013212
Cited by
98
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 5
FWCI
3.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 3332 d)
Locations
  • British Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
personality, coping, dispositional coping, Eysenck personality model, joint factor analysis, neuroticism, extraversion, psychoticism, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised, denial, social support seeking, alcohol consumption

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review