Resilience, attribution, and coping style for the freshmen: a relationship study

Abstract

Objective To explore the relationship among resilience, attribution, and coping style for freshmen. Methods 977 freshmen were surveyed with Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality Scale, and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire, then compared different freshmen's resilience, attribution, and coping style, and analyzed their relationship. Results The city freshmen showed significant higher resilience(68.88±10.57), academic external attribution(21.14±6.01), and interpersonal external attribution(22.87±6.42) than rural freshmen((67.51±10.43), (19.81±5.88), (21.86±5.88) respectively, t=2.03, 3.48, 2.57). Vocational freshmen showed significant higher academic internal attribution(28.68±5.30) and interpersonal internal attribution(26.81±5.82) than undergraduate freshmen((27.61±5.47), (25.53±5.92), t=3.00, 3.30). The only children showed significant higher resilience(68.88±10.81) and academic failure luck(4.37±2.21) than those having siblings((67.44±10.18), (3.96±2.12), t=2.15, 3.02). Positive coping style, negative coping style, academic failure external attribution, academic success internal attribution, residence, and academic failure internal attribution had significant direct influence on resilience(β=16.435, -4.919, -0.344, 0.308, 1.396, -0.182). Conclusion Positive coping styles and reasonable academic attribution can effectively predict great resilience of freshmen. Key words: Freshmen; Resilience; Attribution; Coping style