Facing distress in Coronavirus era: The role of maladaptive personality traits and coping strategies.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the current study was to investigate the intersecting roles of dysfunctional personality traits and coping styles in relation to psychological distress during the Italian national lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included 633 adults who completed questionnaires of maladaptive personality traits, coping styles, and psychological distress. Results indicated that all the maladaptive traits were associated with psychological distress with magnitude of associations strongest for Negative Affect and weakest for Antagonism. Maladaptive traits were also generally positively associated with avoidant/maladaptive and negatively associated with acceptance and positive reframing, forms of coping. A series of path analyses further demonstrated that coping strategies part

SUBMITTER: Sica C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8570824 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature