Predicting identity styles and coping styles using self-rumination and self-reflection: A multivariate multiple regression analysis

Abstract

Adaptive and maladaptive types of self-focus as well as identity styles and coping styles comprise opposite sides (internal or personal vs. external or situational). Given that, the present study tried to elucidate the predicting roles of self-rumination and self-reflection when confronting stressors or in solving identity-related problems. In conformity with hypotheses, hierarchical regression analyses of 400 people from Mashhad, Iran pointed out that, regarding identity measures rumination accounted for diffuse-avoidant style whereas reflection explained information-oriented style and commitment. With respect to coping styles, emotion-focused coping and problem-focused coping behaved reversely when it came to rumination and reflection. Some unexpected results in correlational analysis between identity styles and coping styles were also discussed due to cultural effects and current transition between generations.