Abstract:
For each individual, making adjustment to their environment is a critical matter and
therefore psychological adjustment and its contributing factors become pertinent to study.
The current study is aimed to explore the role of Personality Types (Introversion,
Extraversion, Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, Feeling, Judging, and Perceiving) and Coping
Strategies (Engagement Coping and Disengagement Coping) in predicting Psychological
Adjustment (through Resilience and Self-efficacy). The sample consisted of 153 individuals
(Distressed=70 and Non-distressed=83). It was hypothesized that there would be a
predictive relationship between personality types and psychological adjustment. It was also
hypothesized that coping strategies would have a predictive relationship with psychological
adjustment. Moreover, it was also hypothesized that there would be a significant difference
between distressed and non-distressed individuals in Personality Types as well as Coping
Strategies. Convenience sampling was employed. The data was collected with the help of
self-report measures. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21) was utilized to
identify the level of distress among the participants. Personal Styles Inventory (PSI) was
used to evaluate Personality Types, Coping Strategies Inventory – Short Form (CSI-SF)
was used to identify Coping Strategies, General Self efficacy Scale (GSES), and Brief
Resilience Scale (BRS) were used to measure Psychological Adjustment of the participants.
The results showed that Introversion, Thinking, and Feeling are significant predictors of
Psychological Adjustment, whereas, Extroversion, Sensing, Intuition, Judging and
Perceiving are insignificant predictors of Psychological Adjustment. Engagement Coping
and Disengagement Coping were revealed as significant predictors of Psychological
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Adjustment. No significant difference was revealed between distressed and non-distressed
individuals in Personality Types (Introversion, Extroversion, Sensing, Intuition, Thinking,
Feeling, Judging, and Perceiving). Furthermore, there was a significant difference in coping
strategies used by distressed and non-distressed individuals. The distressed population
predominantly used Disengagement Coping whereas the non-distressed population
predominantly used Engagement Coping. The findings of the study reveal that therapists
should encourage their clients to use Engagement Coping more and discourage the use of
Disengagement Coping in order to enhance Psychological Adjustment.
Keywords: Personality Types, Coping Strategies, Psychological Adjustment, Resilience,
Self-efficacy, Psychological Distress
