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The Influence Of Locus Of Control On Coping Effectiveness: The Mediating Effect Of Coping Style And Cognitive Appraisal

Posted on:2021-04-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S N YuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330611964113Subject:Applied Psychology
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coping has always been one of the focuses in the field of psychology.In the contemporary society,people are faced with a variety of pressure sources.From the excessive workload to social comparison,it can be said that people's life is basically composed of various pressures.However,some stressors seem to have little impact on the individual,so that the individual does not feel it,while some stressors pose a great threat and challenge to the individual's body and mind.At the same time,different individuals face the same pressure,their cognition and behavior are not the same,and the same individual may have different cognition and behavior in the face of different pressure.These different cognition and behavior before stress may lead to the difference of individual stress coping results.Individual's personality characteristics,cognition and coping under pressure may have an impact on coping with stress and coping outcomes,and good coping styles may also help individuals obtain ideal coping outcomes.Therefore,in-depth study of individual stress coping mechanism can help individuals choose appropriate coping styles to cope with stress when they are faced with stress,and then promote good physical and mental health of individuals.Based on the previous theories and researches on coping with stress,this study examined the relationship among locus of control,cognitive evaluation,coping style and coping effectiveness,and proposed the following research hypotheses:(1)from the perspective of general,long-term and generalization,locus of control can significantly predict coping effectiveness,and coping style has intermediary effect between them(2)in the specific stress situation,the locus of control can significantly predict the cognitive evaluation,and then affect the coping style,and finally affect the effectiveness of coping.The four variables of locus of control,cognitive evaluation,coping style and effectiveness of coping constitute a multiple intermediary model.Based on the related concepts and definitions of coping effectiveness at home and abroad,the study clearly puts forward the definition of "coping effectiveness",and explains its meaning under long-term and specific stress situations.In Study 1,from a long-term perspective,under the generalized stress situation,using the research method of questionnaire survey,I-E scale,coping style scale and happiness index scale were selected to measure the individual's locus of control scale,coping style and coping effectiveness,and 700 people aged 18 years and over were given questionnaires,and 623 effective questionnaires were finally obtained,with an effective rate of 89%.Using Excel,spss.21 and amos.21 to analyze the effective questionnaire,the multiple intermediary models of locus of control,mature response,immature response and response effectiveness were obtained.Bootstrap method was used to test the mediating relationship among the three variables of locus of control,coping style and coping effectiveness.On the basis of study 1,study 2 combines coping theory with cognitive evaluation variables to explore the relationship among locus of control,cognitive appraisal,coping style and coping effectiveness.The National College English Test Band 4(December 2018 and June 2019)was selected as the stress situation,and I-E scale,cognitive appraisal scale,coping style scale,test anxiety scale and subjects' English Test Band 4 scores were selected to measure the locus of external control,cognitive appraisal,coping style and coping effectiveness,among which test anxiety and English Band 4 scores were measured They are the indicators of coping effectiveness in "solving problems" and " psychological pain".In this stress situation,we further explore the relationship between psychological control sources and coping effectiveness.The subjects were students who had participated in CET-4 in December 2018 or June 2019.After the test,551 questionnaires were collected,including 355 valid ones.Through the use of Excel,spss.21,amos.21 to analyze the questionnaire and test the hypothesis model,the research uses bootstrap method to test the relationship between locus of control,cognitive appraisal,coping style and coping effectiveness,and the intermediary role of cognitive appraisal and coping style.Through study 1 and 2,the results are as follows:(1)In the long-term,generalized stress situation,locus of control can significantly predict the response effectiveness in a negative direction,and coping style plays a completely intermediary role in the relationship between them,and the total effect of locus of control on response effectiveness is-0.289.(2)In the stress situation of CET-4,locus of control,cognitive appraisal,coping style and coping effectiveness constitute multiple intermediary models.(3)Locus of control can significantly negatively predict cognitive appraisal.When choosing different indicators of coping effectiveness,the relationship among locus of control,cognitive appraisal,coping style and coping effectiveness is different.(4)Cognitive appraisal and mature coping play multiple mediating roles between locus of control and coping effectiveness(test scores),but mature coping can not significantly predict coping effectiveness(test scores);cognitive appraisal and immature coping play multiple mediating roles between locus of control and coping effectiveness(test anxiety),but immature coping can not significantly predict coping effectiveness(test anxiety).To sum up,no matter from the perspective of long-term or specific stress situations,locus of control can negatively predict the coping effectiveness,and coping styles play an intermediary role between them.Cognitive appraisal can mediate the relationship between locus of control and coping style in specific stress situations,and multiple intermediary models are composed of locus of control,cognitive appraisal,coping style and coping effectiveness.That is to say,the externally controlled individuals will tend to use immature coping styles and less mature coping styles.In the long run,the subjective well-being of individuals will be lower.In the specific stress situation,the external controlled individuals choose more immature coping styles and less mature coping styles.This immature coping style leads to different coping effectiveness of stress coping.Immature coping style makes individuals produce more psychological pain,but it can't solve the problem itself.While mature coping style can't affect individual psychological pain,it can make the problem more solved.
Keywords/Search Tags:locus of control, coping style, coping effectiveness, cognitive appraisal
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