Adaptive vs Maladaptive Coping: Is Your Coping Strategy Helping or Hurting?
Studies prove that adaptive coping strategies directly link to better life quality and work performance. People with extroverted and conscientious personalities tend to use adaptive coping mechanisms more often. Those with neurotic traits usually fall into maladaptive patterns. The relationship between these coping mechanisms matters because research shows maladaptive coping has stronger ties to depression than adaptive methods.