Surveying the Relation between D-personality Type, Coping Styles, and General Health

This study was conducted aimed to survey the coping styles, general health of D-personality individuals and relations between these variables. The methodology was descriptive correlation research. Subjects were 400 students, selected by stratified sampling. DS-14 scale, general health questionnaire (GHQ), and CISS questionnaire were applied for data collection. Data analysis was done using correlation, regression analysis, and t-test. Correlation test results showed that D-personality type has meaningful relation with mental health and problem-oriented and emotion-oriented coping styles (P˂0.01). Regression analysis indicated that problem-oriented and emotion-oriented coping styles and per-sonality type have respectively more share in mental health prediction (P˂0.01). In addition, according to t-test results, there were significant and meaningful difference between D-type individuals and non-D-type individuals in their mental health and coping styles (P˂0.05). Individuals with D-type personality have less general health and emotion-oriented coping style than non-D-type. So, it seems that D-type personality can have important effect on general health and application of various coping styles.