Personality and Coping in Peruvian volunteers for poverty alleviation

This study explores the relationship between coping styles and strategies, and personality styles in a sample of 41 young volunteers of an institution that alleviates poverty in Lima. Peruvian adaptations of COPE and MIPS scales were administered. The results show that volunteers have higher scores...

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Autores: Gastelumendi Gonçalves, Camila, Oré Luján, Beatriz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6371
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/6371
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:voluntary work
alleviating poverty
personality
coping with stress
voluntariado
lucha contra la pobreza
personalidad
afrontamiento al estrés
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Sumario:This study explores the relationship between coping styles and strategies, and personality styles in a sample of 41 young volunteers of an institution that alleviates poverty in Lima. Peruvian adaptations of COPE and MIPS scales were administered. The results show that volunteers have higher scores on adaptive coping strategies. High scores in some particular personality styles were reported, which allowed to establish a personality profile of this group. According with theoretical framework, most coping strategies correlated with most personality styles, revealing four particular tendencies in these volunteers: they wish to have contact with other people, they usually see positive aspects of situations, they look forward for challenges, and they developed adaptive coping strategies.