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Effect of Coping Flexibility on Life Satisfaction of College Students: A Longitudinal Study

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  • Tsukasa Kato

    (Toyo University)

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Coping flexibility refers to one’s ability to abandon a coping strategy (strategies) appraised as ineffective and implement an alternative coping strategy (strategies). According to the coping flexibility hypothesis, greater coping flexibility leads to lower psychological dysfunction, including psychological distress, and greater life satisfaction. This study adopted a longitudinal design to examine the associations among coping flexibility, psychological distress, and life satisfaction. The participants comprised 222 female and 188 male college students who completed questionnaires on coping flexibility, psychological distress, life satisfaction, and rumination about stress (the concept of which partially overlaps with that of coping flexibility). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that higher coping flexibility was associated with lower psychological distress and higher life satisfaction 38 weeks later, even after controlling for the effects of rumination on stress, psychological distress, and life satisfaction at baseline. The findings of this study imply that coping flexibility plays an important role in affecting college students’ psychological dysfunction and life satisfaction.

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  • Tsukasa Kato, 2023. "Effect of Coping Flexibility on Life Satisfaction of College Students: A Longitudinal Study," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 18(6), pages 2981-2991, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:18:y:2023:i:6:d:10.1007_s11482-023-10215-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-023-10215-7
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    1. Tsukasa Kato, 2015. "The Impact of Coping Flexibility on the Risk of Depressive Symptoms," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(5), pages 1-8, May.
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