Problem Solving Style and Coping Strategies: Effects of Perceived Stress - Creative Education

CE > Vol.8 No.14, November 2017

Problem Solving Style and Coping Strategies: Effects of Perceived Stress ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2017.814160 1,924 Downloads 10,019 Views Citations

Author(s)

Margaraet Maghan

Affiliation(s)

Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.

ABSTRACT

One hundred and seven community college students completed VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Styleand the COPE Inventory. They then were randomly assigned to one of three groups. Group 1 received a vignette of a more serious personal problem. A second group was given a vignette depicting a less stressful problem situation. The third group was given a simple passage about a geography topic. On VIEW, Developer- and Internal problem-solving-styled participants across all conditions reported higher stress ratings, suggesting greater sensitivity to stressful situations. Additionally, there were significant correlations between the VIEW and COPEscores, suggesting that Explorer-, External-, and a Task-oriented problem-solving-styled individuals were more likely to use Restraint as a coping strategy, all of which suggest that in the context of a personal problem, individuals may be more likely to recognize that any solution will take time to solve, perhaps requiring “new thinking” (Explorer style), help from others (External style), and “hard” choices to be made (a Task-oriented decision-making style).

KEYWORDS

Problem Solving Style VIEW, Coping, Stress, Creativity

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Maghan, M. (2017) Problem Solving Style and Coping Strategies: Effects of Perceived Stress. Creative Education, 8, 2332-2351. doi: 10.4236/ce.2017.814160.

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