Authors : Ardakh R. Yermentayeva, Fatima N. Zhumabekova, Aigul M. Aitysheva, Bibianar Sh. Baizhumanova and Almagul R. Mandykayeva
Abstract: Scientific interest of psychologists to problems of human behavior in difficult life situations increases recently, however, the researches analyzing development of constructive coping-strategy among undergraduates are presented insufficiently. The purpose of this study is to identify of personal features of coping-strategy among undergraduates of the Kazakh ethnic. Coping strategies were studied among 442 undergraduates of different specialties. We used the coping-test “Ways of Coping Questionnaire-WCQ” R.S. Lazarus and S. Folkman and Big Five personality traits P.T.Jr. Costa and R.R. McCrae. During the pilot study, the general and distinctive features in coping-strategies among undergraduates were found. The preferred and less important coping-strategies among undergraduates are revealed. It is shown that personality factors determine the choice of the dominant coping-strategies of behavior among undergraduates. The received results allowed to define the individualized methods of psychological work with undergraduates.
Ardakh R. Yermentayeva, Fatima N. Zhumabekova, Aigul M. Aitysheva, Bibianar Sh. Baizhumanova and Almagul R. Mandykayeva, 2015. Personal Factors of Coping Strategies for Undergraduate Students. The Social Sciences, 10: 1516-1522.