Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between personality factors and coping styles administrating 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire and Multidimensional Coping Scale. 70 undergraduate students and 70 PTSD patients who have experienced a trauma, that is a traffic accident, were chosen to participate in this study. Looking into Personality Traits and Personal Coping Resources relation, PTSD patients who have experienced a traumatic event, what is called a traffic accident, showed active coping, self-control and positive interpretation in A⁺(Warmth), Q₂⁺(Self-Sufficiency), positive comparision in B⁺(High Intelligence), active coping, self-control, positive interpretation and positive comparision in C⁺(High Ego Strength), H⁺(Boldness), active coping, self-control, positive interpretation, positive comparision and emotional pacification in E⁺(Dominance), F⁺(Surgency), active coping, positive interpretation, positive comparision and emotional pacification in G⁺(High Superego), active coping and emotional pacification in L^-(Trustfulness), active coping, self-control, positive interpretation, positive comparision, accommodation and emotional pacification in N⁺(Shrewdness), Q₃⁺(Self-Control), passive withdrawal, emotional expression and self^-criticism in O⁺(Guilt-proneness), positive interpretation and positive comparision in Q₁⁺(Liberalism), self-criticism in Q₄⁺(Anxiety), passive withdrawal in A^-(Coolness), H^-(Shyness), passive withdrawal and emotional expression in C^-(Unstableness), fatalism in L⁺(Suspiciousness), M^-(Naivete), active coping, self-control and positive interpretation in Q₄^-(Relaxation): and problem-solving social support seeking and emotional social support seeking of Social Coping Resouces in E⁺(Dominance), I⁺(Tender-mindedness) and M⁺(Autia); and especially, problem-solving social support seeking in F⁺(Surgency), L⁺(Suspiciousness), Q₂^-(Group-dependence); and emotional social support seeking in O⁺(Guilt Proneness). Finally, religious seeking of Religious Coping Resources in M⁺(Autia), Q₁^-(Conservation) and Q₂^-(Group-dependence).