TY - JOUR AU - Padejski, Nada PY - 2010/09/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The impact of personality dimensions and coping styles on psychological well-being JF - Primenjena psihologija JA - PP VL - 3 IS - 3 SE - Regular issues DO - 10.19090/pp.2010.3.269-282 UR - https://primenjena.psihologija.ff.uns.ac.rs/index.php/pp/article/view/1153 SP - 269-282 AB - <span>The main aim of this research were to examine the relations between the personality dimensions, coping styles and psychological well-being. The sample included 207 participants (both genders, mean age 21,4). Subjects filled out a measure of coping orientation to problems experienced (Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced), personality traits (Big Five Inventory) and psychological well-being (Scales of Psychological Well-Being). Applying a principal component analysis of the questionnaire COPE-b, with Promax rotation, three latent dimensions were extracted and interpreted as Active approach to the problem, Look at social support and Distraction. A series of hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to estimate the unique contributions of coping styles and personality traits in the prediction of psychological well-being. The results indicate that personality dimensions and coping style Active approach to the problem has the most important contribution to the prediction of psychological well-being. Methodological and clinical implications of the results were discussed.</span><br /> ER -