Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31192/np.19.3.3
Personality Traits and Coping with Stress as Predictors of Psychosomatic Symptoms in Students
Tamara Bešenić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-6360
; Special Hospital for Psychiatry and Palliative Care »St. Rafael« Strmac, Šumetlica, Cernik, Croatia
Ljiljana Pačić-Turk
orcid.org/0000-0002-5276-0330
; Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Anamarija Bogović Dijaković
orcid.org/0000-0003-2892-3440
; Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the possibility of predicting the occurrence of psychosomatic symptoms through the contribution of personality dimensions of the Big-Five factor structure and coping with stress, with gender and age as controlled variables. The research included 356 students from various studies at the Croatian Catholic University. The scale of the Psychosomatic Symptoms Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents – PSS, the Endler and Parker Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations and the Croatian version of the International Personality Item Pool - IPIP 50 were used. The frequency of psychosomatic symptoms showed the most common occurrence of lack of energy, headaches and back pain. The most common symptoms in different groups of symptoms were »lumps« in the throat, the experience of rapid heartbeat, colds, muscle tension, bloated stomach, acne or pimples, and lack of energy or fatigue. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis showed that lower level of Emotional Stability, higher level of Intellect and higher level of Emotional-oriented coping were significant predictors for the higher incidence of psychosomatic symptoms, as well as a significant predictive contribution of controlled gender variable. The obtained results can be helpful in the development of educational programs on the relationship between physical and mental health and in counselling work with people with express psychosomatic symptoms.
Keywords
Big-Five model; coping with stress; personality traits; psychosomatic symptoms
Hrčak ID:
265521
URI
Publication date:
15.11.2021.
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