TY - JOUR JF - icss JO - Advances in Cognitive Sciences VL - 7 IS - 1 PY - 2005 Y1 - 2005/4/01 TI - The Role of Personality Traits and Coping Styles on University Student's Mental Health: Introducing Causal Models TT - نقش صفات شخصیت و سبک‌های مقابله، در سلامت روانی دانشجویان:ارائه مدل‌های علّی N2 - Objective: The aim of this research was to examine the role of personality traits and coping styles on university students' mental health. Method: In this analytical cross-sectional study, the abbreviated version of five factor inventory, the coping inventory for stressful situations and the general health questionnaire were applied on a sample of 328 subjects (177 male, 151 female). Using the path analysis, the direct and indirect effects of personality traits on coping styles and mental health were tested. Results: The results obtained demonstrated that conscientiousness and openness have a significant positive effect and gender has a significant negative effect on task-oriented coping style, while openness and conscientiousness have a significant negative effect, and neuroticism and emotion-oriented coping have a significant positive effect on mental health. The indired effect of gender on mental health through task-oriented coping was significant and positive, while the indirect effect of extraversion and openness on mental health through emotion–oriented coping was significant and negative, and gender had a significant positive effect through emotion-oriented coping. Conclusion: In general, the results of this research demonstrate that attention to the role of personality traits and coping styles is crucial in the study of mental health. SP - 28 EP - 38 AU - Shokri, Omid AU - Moradi, Alireza AU - Farzad, Vali elah AU - Sangari, Aliakbar AU - Ghanai, Ziba AU - Rezaei, Akbar AD - KW - Personality traits KW - Coping style KW - Mental health UR - http://icssjournal.ir/article-1-115-en.html ER -