Pathways linking the big five to psychological distress: exploring the mediating roles of stress mindset and coping flexibility

• Main Authors: Chen, Luxi, Qu, Li, Hong, Ryan Y.
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Big Five; Coping Flexibility
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165190
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Personality affects the vulnerability to the emotional symptoms of depression and anxiety. This study investigated whether stress mindset (general belief about the nature of stress) and coping flexibility (the ability to terminate ineffective coping strategies and adopt alternative ones) mediate the...