Could affectivity compete better than efficacy in describing and explaining individuals' coping behavior: An empirical investigation

This article raises a new issue by proposing that an individual's coping behaviour is not influenced only by efficacy. Most of the previous articles suggest that efficacy (i.e., susceptibility and severity) predominantly affects individuals' coping behaviour. This study counters many previous articles by replacing the efficacy with affectivity. This study suggests that the three determinants of affectivity (i.e., negative affectivity, trait...