Abstract
Background and Objectives: personality traits affect the copying style of individual coping styles. It has been shown that there are a relationship between positive personality trait and functional coping styles and negative personality trait and dysfunctional coping styles. The aim of this research was to determine the relationship between personality traits and coping styles in a group of HIV positive and drug addicted male.
Materials and Methods: The study group consists of 50 HIV positive and drug addicted males. Participants were asked to complete the NEO Personality and Coping style Inventories. Collected data were analyzed by statistical methods.
Results: the results of the study revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between neuroticism and emotional – focused coping (r = 0/496), significant negative correlation was found between agreeableness and emotional – focused coping (r = -0/374), significant positive correlation was found between extroversion and problem – focused coping (r = 0/334) significant positive correlation was found between consciousness and emotional – focused coping (r = 0/330). Also we found that neuroticism significantly predicted emotional – focused coping in our HIV positive patients (R² = 0/25).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that there are a significant relation between personality and emotional- focused coping style in HIV positive addicted males.