Autore: Diem Phan
Formato: Copertina flessibile
Pagine: 188
Data Pubblicazione: 2015-01-14
Edizione: 1
Lingua: English
Descrizione:
This study investigated an integrated model of personality and coping styles in predicting wellbeing among Asian and European Americans. Participants were 297 European American and 210 Asian American collegeaged students and community members. Participants completed the Big Five Inventory (BFI; BenetMartinez & John, 1998), Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE; Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scales (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988), and Social WellBeing Scale (SWBS; Keyes, 1998). The Asian American participants also completed the Asian American Multidimensional Acculturation Scale (AAMAS; Chung, Kim, & Abreu, 2004). Many of the hypotheses in the study were supported. Interpretation of the findings, implications, and future directions for research are discussed. Overall, the study demonstrated the importance of integrating personality traits and coping styles in understanding the subjective and social wellbeing of Asian and European Americans.