Association of trait coping style with parental rearing pattern among medical college students

Objective To explore the association of trait coping style with parental rearing pattern among medical college students. Methods A total of 346 students were selected with cluster sampling from Shenyang Medical College,and investigated with Egna Minnen Barndoms Uppfostran（ EMBU） and Trait Coping Style Questionnaire（ TCSQ）. Results The score of positive coping in the female medical college students（ 33. 33 ± 5. 66） was markedly higher than that of in the male students（ 31. 81 ± 6. 48）（ P ＜ 0. 05）. And the freshmen had higher positive coping score than other college students（ P ＜ 0. 05）. There were no significant differences in negative coping score among the students of different gender and grade（ P ＞ 0. 05）. The male students had higher scores in father’s strict-punishment and refusal or denial dimensions than the female students（ P ＜ 0. 01）,while the scores of the female were higher in mother’s warmth and understanding（ P ＜0. 01） and lower in mother’s strict-punishment and refusal or denial dimensions than the males（ P ＜0. 05）. The college students’ positive coping score had significantly positive correlations with parental warmth and understanding（ r =0. 295 for father’s score and r =0. 294 for mother’s score,P ＜0. 01）,and had significantly negative correlations with parents’ punishment（ r =- 0. 243 for father’s score and r =- 0. 264 for mother’s score,P ＜ 0. 01） and severity（ r =-0. 148 with father’s score and r =-0. 175 with mother’s score,P ＜0. 01）; the negative coping scores had significantly positive correlations with father’s over-protective score（ r = 0. 139,P ＜ 0. 05）. Conclusion Parental rearing patterns have important influence on coping style among medical college students. The male students take different coping style from that of female students.