Path analysis of relationship among personality, perceived stress, coping, social support, and psychological outcomes

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World J Psychiatr. Jun 22, 2016; 6(2): 248-256
Published online Jun 22, 2016. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i2.248

Table 1 Mean, standard deviation and range of study variables (n = 4763)

Variable		Mean (SD)	Range
Personality traits	Neuroticism	18.72 (7.87)	0-45
	Extraversion	29.03 (7.08)	0-48
	Openness	24.04 (5.28)	0-41
	Agreeableness	31.00 (6.37)	0-48
	Conscientiousness	36.20 (7.22)	0-48
Social support		7.63 (3.64)	0-12
Perceived stress		28.57 (19.86)	0-132
Coping strategies	Problem focused coping	9.65 (2.12)	0-12
	Emotional focused coping	6.44 (1.49)	0-8
	Avoidance	3.41 (1.76)	0-8
Psychological outcomes	Anxiety	3.55 (3.72)	0-21
Psychological outcomes	Depression	6.14 (3.37)	0-21

Table 2 Correlation coefficients between research variables

Variable		N	E	O	A	C	Anxiety	Depression
Social support		-0.34^b	0.41^b	0.13^a	0.24^b	0.24^b	-0.33^b	-0.39^b
Perceived stress		0.42^b	-0.23^a	0.01	-0.21^a	-0.12^a	-0.55^b	0.51^b
Coping strategies	Problem focused coping	-0.30^b	0.30^b	0.13^a	0.14^a	0.31^b	-0.23^b	-0.27^b
	Emotional focused coping	-0.33^b	0.34^b	0.08	0.17^a	0.25^b	-0.26^b	-0.31^b
	Avoidance	0.12^a	-0.01	-0.03	-0.16^a	-0.11^a	0.07	0.09
Psychological outcomes	Anxiety	0.62^b	-0.40^b	-0.07	-0.29^b	-0.26^b	-	0.76^b
Psychological outcomes	Depression	0.63^b	-0.50^b	-0.14^a	-0.30^b	-0.29^b	0.76^b	-

^aP ≤ 0.05;

^bP ≤ 0.01. N: Neuroticism; E: Extraversion; O: Openness; A: Agreeableness; C: Conscientiousness.

Table 3 Regression coefficients for structural equations model

	Depression			Anxiety
	Direct	Indirect	Total	Direct	Indirect	Total
Neuroticism	0.378^a	0.145^a	0.523^a	0.406^a	0.155^a	0.561^a
Extraversion	-0.208^a	-0.145^a	-0.283^a	-0.085^a	-0.090^a	-0.175^a
Openness	-0.037^a	0.026	-0.011	0.015	0.025^a	0.040^a
Agreeableness	0.014	-0.033	-0.019	-0.043^a	-0.037^a	-0.080^a
Conscientiousness	0.045^a	0.006	0.051^a	0.010	0.006	0.016
Social support	-0.098^a	-0.044	-0.142^a	-0.047^a	-0.021	-0.068^a
Perceived stress	0.279^a	0.000	0.279^a	0.330^a	0.010	0.340^a
Coping strategies	-0.080^a	0.006	-0.074^a	-0.053^a	0.005	-0.048^a

^aP ≤ 0.05.

Table 4 Model fit indices for the final modified models

	Goodness of fit indices 8k
	χ²/d.f	NFI	CFI	GFI	RMSEA (Lower-upper)
Depression	1.9	0.96	0.96	0.97	0.091 (0.085-0.097)
Anxiety	2.1	0.95	0.96	0.96	0.089 (0.084-0.095)

NFI: Normed fit index; CFI: Comparative fit index; GFI: Goodness of fit index; RMSEA: Root mean square error of approximation.

Citation: Roohafza H, Feizi A, Afshar H, Mazaheri M, Behnamfar O, Hassanzadeh-Keshteli A, Adibi P. Path analysis of relationship among personality, perceived stress, coping, social support, and psychological outcomes. World J Psychiatr 2016; 6(2): 248-256
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v6/i2/248.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v6.i2.248