Influence of Affective Personality Type and Gender Upon Coping Behavior, Mood, and Stress
Author(s): Anne-Christine Andersson Arntén, Bengt Jansson, Trevor Archer
Abstract: Two studies investigated the association between affective personality and individuals' stress, mood, affective state and coping behavior. In Study I, involving 75 participants from different occupations, type of affective personality was influenced by individuals' expressions of positive affect (PA), negative affect (NA), anxiety, depression, dispositional optimism and energy. Female participants expressed higher levels of anxiety. In Study II, involving 139 participants from different occupations, type of affective personality was influenced by individuals' expressions of PA, NA, cognitive, emotional, physical, social and spiritual coping, dispositional optimism, anxiety and depression, stress, work stress and partnership relations. Female participants expressed higher levels of anxiety, stress and energy, emotional and spiritual coping, work stress, work burden and total work-related stress. Linear regression indicated that positive affect was predicted by dispositional optimism (Study I) and by coping resources, partnership relations and energy (Study II), whereas depression (Study I) and stress (Study II) were counter-predictive. Negative affect was predicted by stress (Study I and II), anxiety (Study I) and work stress (Study II), whereas dispositional optimism (Study I and II) was counter-predictive. These findings suggest the involvement of affective personality types and the contribution of gender in the expressions of stress, mood, affective state and coping behavior by working individuals.
Pages: 139-168
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