The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the children's personality traits, perceived social supports and coping behaviors with hassles. This study hypothesize children's personality traits and perceived social supports have ...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the children's personality traits, perceived social supports and coping behaviors with hassles. This study hypothesize children's personality traits and perceived social supports have influences on coping behaviors with hassles.
The subject of this study were 278 children (male 135, female 143) in the 6th grade elementary schools in Seoul. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS statistical program using descriptive statistics, t-test, correlation, multiple regression and stepwise regression.
The major results of this study were as follows;
First, in the research of the relationship between children's personality and coping behaviors, emotionality dimension, lie dimension, and extraversion-introversion dimension influence on coping behaviors, 1) As the level of emotionality dimension got higher, children coped more passively, aggressively or avoidant with each hassles. 2) As the level of lie dimension got higher, children coped more actively with hassles. 3) As the level of extraversion dimension got higher, children coped more aggressively with hassles. 4) As the level of introversion dimension got higher, children coped more avoidant with hassles.
Second, coping behaviors with hassles were significantly different depending on perceived social supports. That is, the children higher level of perceived social supports acted more actively and social support seeking coping behaviors. The other side, the children lower of perceived social supports acted more passively, aggressively or avoidant with hassles.
Third, in the research of the relationship among children's personality, perceived social supports and coping behaviors, children's personality was more influential variable than perceived social supports in coping behaviors with each hassles.