Impact of self monitoring and gender on coping strategies in intimate relationships among Turkish University students

Büyükşahin A.

Sex Roles, cilt.60, sa.9-10, ss.708-720, 2009 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 60 Sayı: 9-10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11199-008-9561-9
  • Dergi Adı: Sex Roles
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.708-720
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Self monitoring, Gender, Coping strategy, Intimate relationships, INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES, ADOLESCENTS, APPRAISAL, STRESS, ORIENTATIONS, ATTITUDES, STYLES, SEXISM
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of self monitoring and gender on coping strategies in intimate relationships. The Self Monitoring Scale and Multidimensional Intimate Coping Questionnaire were given to 224 heterosexual Turkish undergraduate students. Results showed that high self monitors had higher scores on focusing on relationship, seeking external support, alcohol and drug use, self-bolstering, and humor coping than low self monitors. Females reported greater negative and passive coping, positive and active coping, self-bolstering, religious coping and seeking external support than males did. Males reported greater alcohol and drug use than females did. Consequently, this study showed that both self monitoring (high-low) and gender affect on coping strategies among Turkish undergraduate sample. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.