Laboratory of Comorbidity in Cardiovascular Deseases, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Disease", Sosnovy Blvd., 6, 650002 Kemerovo, Russia.
Federal State-Funded Educational Institution of Higher Education "Kemerovo State Medical University", Voroshilova Str., 22a, 650029 Kemerovo, Russia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 18;19(8):4918. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084918.
Personality type D may be associated with a predisposition to develop stress under external adverse influences, for example, in the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise, type D personality is associated with higher burnout levels; thus, it may contribute to the development of diseases symptoms. The current study was designed to examine the coping strategies in young healthy persons with personality type D.
The study included 98 medical students, with 30 being males. The participants completed questionnaires to identify personality type D (DS-14) and the coping strategies. Depending on the results of the DS-14 questionnaire, four subgroups were distinguished with different levels of points on the NA and SI subscales.
For persons with type D personality, the escape-avoidance strategy was used more often, the accepting responsibility and self-controlling strategies were less common compared with non-type-D individuals. When type D was adjusted for the NA and SI subscales, the correlation remained only with escape-avoidance strategy. We did not find a synergistic effect of the NA and SI subscales in regard to coping.
This study demonstrated a link between personality type D and maladaptive coping strategies. The predominance of the maladaptive coping strategy in type D is a possible point of application for psychosocial training in such individuals that requires further research.
D 型人格可能容易受到外部不利影响（例如在 COVID-19 大流行期间）产生的压力，D 型人格与更高的倦怠水平有关；因此，它可能导致疾病症状的发展。本研究旨在研究 D 型人格的年轻健康人群的应对策略。
研究纳入了 98 名医学生，其中 30 名男性。参与者完成了人格类型 D（DS-14）和应对策略的问卷。根据 DS-14 问卷的结果，区分了具有不同 NA 和 SI 子量表得分的四个亚组。
与非 D 型人格的个体相比，D 型人格的个体更常使用逃避回避策略，而承担责任和自我控制策略则不太常见。当 D 型人格调整为 NA 和 SI 子量表时，仅与逃避回避策略相关。我们没有发现 NA 和 SI 子量表在应对方面的协同作用。
本研究表明 D 型人格与适应不良的应对策略之间存在联系。D 型人格中占主导地位的适应不良应对策略可能是此类人群进行心理社会训练的一个应用点，需要进一步研究。
