The role of coping strategies on psychological and physical well-being.

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The role of coping strategies as moderators in the relation between hassles and psychological/physical well-being was explored. Subjects (<I>N</I>=207) completed the revised Ways of Coping Checklist. Factor analysis yielded one problem-focused coping (problem-solving), four emotion-focused coping strategies (positive cognitive coping, wishful thinking, self-blame, and avoidance), and seeking social support. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the use of negative self-talk (wishful thinking and/or self-blame) was a significant predictor of overall psychological and psychosomatic symptoms, regardless of hassles levels. Seeking social support and positive cognitive coping significantly contributed to negative predictions of depression and anxiety, respectively. The hypothesis that some factors of emotion-focused coping serve as stress moderators, whereas other factors operate as stress enhancers was generally supported. Implications for the additional research to develop a broad array of coping scales for Japanese and to examine the role of coping were discussed.