본 연구는 학교적응을 성격특성 및 대처양식과 연결시킬 목적으로 시도되었으며, 인문계 고등학교 1학년 남녀 352명을 대상으로 아이젱크 성격검사(EPQ), carver의 COPE, 그리고 학교생활 적응 검사를 실시하였다. 성격특성, 대처양식, 학교생활의 적응간의 인과관계를 알아보기 위하여 공변량 구조분석을 실시하였다. 최종모형에 의하면 신경증적 경향성이 높은 사람들은 문제해결 중심 대처(문제 중심)와는 부적 상관을 보이고 정서지향 중심 대처(정서 대처)와는 정적 상관을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 외향성자는 문제대처와 정서대처 모두 정적으로 관련되어 있었고, 정신병적 경향성이 높은 사람들은 문제대처를 사용하지 않고 정서대처를 주로 사용하는 것으로 나타났다. 대처양식과 적응과의 관련성에서는 선행연구와 마찬가지로 문제해결 중심 대처를 할수록 학교적응과 정적상관 즉 적응 잘하는 것으로 나타났고, 정서지향 중심 대처를 할수록 학교적응과 부적상관을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 학교적응 행동을 설명하는 변인(수업, 교사 친구, 학교)들간에는 상호 정적 상관을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.

The purpose of present study was to examine personality traits and stress coping styles as predictor of school adjustment in the adolescent. To verify it relational model between variables was constructed. In this model personality traits were set as intermediate variables effecting on the stress coping styles and stress coping styles were set effecting directly on school adjustment in the adolescent. The participants of the study were 352 high school students. The questionnaires used in this study were Eysenck`s EPQ, Carver`s brief COPE, and school adjustment. GFIs of all models were over .90. It was supported that personality traits effected on stress coping styles and stress coping styles effected on school adjustment in the adolescent. Results of the study were as follows : Personality traits were important in predicting stress copying styles; extraversion had relation with problem solving(accepting reality) and emotional seeking support(denial) coping styles positively. On the other hand neuroticism had negative relation with solving problem (accepting reality) and positive relation with seeking support(denial). Psychoticism had negative relation with problem solving coping strategies. Problem solving coping strategies had relation with school adjustment in the adolescent positively, but emotional seeking support(denial) coping styles had negatively. There were positive relationship among the variables of school adjustment. The results of the study were similar to those of the previous researches, which support stress coping would be stable styles related to personality, personality and stress coping would act as predictor of school adjustment in the adolescent.