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Relationships between coping style and PAI profiles in a community sample 1
Author(s) -
Deisinger Julie A.,
Cassisi Jeffrey E.,
Whitaker Sandra L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.10223
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , personality , clinical psychology , escapism , multivariate analysis , personality assessment inventory , developmental psychology , social psychology , machine learning , computer science
Abstract Relationships between coping style and psychological functioning were examined in a heterogeneous community sample ( N = 168). Psychological functioning was categorized with the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991). Subjects were assigned to PAI configurai profile clusters, using T‐scores from PAI clinical scales. Three PAI clusters were prominent in this sample: normal, anxious, and eccentric. Multivariate analysis of covariance revealed that these clusters differed significantly in coping style, as measured by the dispositional format of the COPE Inventory (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989). Normals coped through avoidance significantly less than anxious or eccentric subjects. Also, normals engaged in seeking social support and venting more than eccentric but less than anxious subjects. Gender differences also were noted, with women more likely to cope by seeking social support and men more likely to cope through hedonistic escapism. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.