Table 6.

Correlation coefficients of the CISS-SFC and EPQ-RSC (N=972)

	Neuroticism	Psychoticism	Extraversion
Task-oriented coping	−0.107**	0.036	0.229***
Emotion-oriented coping	0.474***	−0.043	−0.117***
Distraction coping	0.079*	−0.073*	0.099**
Social diversion coping	−0.039	−0.083**	0.273***

Notes: Task-oriented, emotion-oriented, distraction, and social diversion coping are the four dimensions of the CISS-SFC. Neuroticism, psychoticism, and extraversion are the three subscales of the EPQ-RSC.

^*P<0.05;

^**P<0.01;

^***P<0.001.

Abbreviations: CISS-SFC, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations – Short Form for Chinese; EPQ-RSC, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised Short Scale for Chinese.