Investigation of the relationship between stress management style and psychological symptoms of adults with sociotropic and autonomic personality traits

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between sociotropic and autonomic personality traits, stress coping styles and psychological symptoms among university students. 146 university students studying in various classes in Istanbul during the 2015-2016 academic year are included in the study. Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale, Stress-coping Styles Scale, and Mental Symptom Scanning Scale are used to collect research data. The Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale is used to identify the personality traits of the students and the Psychological Symptom Screening Scale is used to identify stress coping styles and mental symptoms in determining the styles of coping with stressful events. In addition, a personal information form developed by the researcher is used to obtain information about the demographic characteristics of the students. The data obtained in the study is analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 22.0 program. The man whitney-u test is used to compare quantitative continuous data between two independent groups, and the kruskall whallis test is used to compare quantitative continuous data between two independent groups. The man whitney-u test is used as a complement to determine the differences after the Kruskall whalis test. pearman correlation and regression analysis are applied among the continuous variables of the study. It is determined that the students with sociotropic personality have a helpless approach and autonomous personality have more self-reliance, optimistic and subversive approach in coping with stress. Sociotropic personality traits positively correlated with psychological symptoms such as somatization, OCD, interpersonal susceptibility, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid thought, psychotics, and additional items (sleep-appetite disorders and guilt). Key words: Sociotropy, autonomy, stress coping, spiritual manifestations.