Positive coping styles show larger coefficients than negative coping styles, suggesting improving positive coping strategies may be more beneficial than minimising negative ones¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2–r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Within the personal disposition domain, coefficients for positive coping styles were larger than those for negative coping styles. → Ball 2025 q2 i? Maladaptive cognitive and coping strategies were identified as risk factors, while detached coping was identified as an adaptive, protective strategy. → Ball 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Ball 2025¶

Ball, I., Banerjee, M., Holliman, A., & Tyndall, I. (2025). Investigating Success in the Transition to University: A Systematic Review of Personal Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Psychosocial Success. https://osf.io/vxu5q?view_only=ee23e20f57c54891b842c92b7a4858de

q2 · i? · review · r2

Narrative synthesis of the personal disposition domain (Table A1) across the retained longitudinal studies; the review compares coefficients for positive versus negative coping styles and finds the positive larger. No specific coefficients are printed for this comparison.

"the coefficients for the positive coping styles were larger their negative counterparts, suggesting that it would be more beneficial to improve positive coping strategies rather than focus on minimising negative ones"

Ball 2025 (2)¶

Ball, I., Banerjee, M., Holliman, A., & Tyndall, I. (2025). Investigating Success in the Transition to University: A Systematic Review of Personal Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Psychosocial Success. https://osf.io/vxu5q?view_only=ee23e20f57c54891b842c92b7a4858de

q2 · i? · review · r3

Within the personal disposition synthesis, the review reports that engaging in maladaptive cognitive and coping strategies is a risk factor while adaptive self-regulation skills are protective; detached coping is singled out as adaptive. No effect size is printed.

"Interestingly, detached coping was identified as an adaptive strategy and a protective factor to success"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Affect Regulation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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