: PERSONALITY FACTORS AND STRESS COPING MECHANISM AMONG WKU IN CASE OF COLLEGE OF OTHER SOCIAL SCEINCE AND HUMANITY

Abstract

The objective of the study is to assess the student personality factors and and stress coping among WKU college of EBS student .The total participant was composed of 32 male and 30 female students data collected through stress ,personality, copping ,questionnaire by using simple random sampling method the table and percentage were used in data analysis . The influence of personality on the way people cope with stressful situations has been discussed many times. It has even been discussed whether stress-coping styles and personality traits could be confused. In this paper, we examine the relationships between coping strategies in stressful situations and personality dimensions, The current study suggest that our personality and coping mechanism we employ may influence weather we experience stress. Furthermore the association b/n personality and coping mechanism suggest that individual with maladaptive personalities are at a greater risk for experiencing psychological distress as they are more likely to use a maladaptive coping mechanism such as emotion .further comprehensive study is recommended