The role of personality traits and goal orientation in student coping with stress strategies

Aim: The main purpose of the present study was to investigate role of personality traits and goal orientation in students coping with stress strategies.
Method of research was correlation and the statistical population was all the Behbahan Islamic Azad University Bachelor students. To conduct this study, 523 students who were selected by random multi-stage cluster sampling method, completed the short form of big five personality inventory Goldberg (1992), achievement goals questionnaire Elliot and McGregor (2001) and multidimensional copying inventory Endler and Parker (1990) .Data were analyzed applying Pearsons correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.
The findings showed that the personality traits and goal orientation had significant relation to students coping with stress strategies. Regression analysis showed that there were significant multiple correlation between personality traits and goal orientation with students coping with stress strategies.The variables explained %19 of the variance in Problem-focused coping, %35 of the variance in emotion-focused coping and, %10 of the variance in Avoidant coping.
The findings on the importance of student's Goal orientation, and insists its impact on the choice of coping strategies. The student's personality characteristics can act as a powerful tool to improve the quality of education as well as Kmkamvzshy help lead to the selection of appropriate coping strategies.