An Investigation of Interpersonal Problem Solving in University Students in Terms of Personality Traits, Resilience and Hop

This study’s goal is to examine the relationship between interpersonalproblem-solving approaches and personality traits, resilience, and hope levelsin university students. Four hundred and one [234 (58.4%) female, 167(41.6%) male] university students participated in the study. The data werecollected using the Interpersonal Problem Solving Inventory, Big FiveInventory, Brief Resilience Scale, and Dispositional Hope Scale. In the study,the relationship between the variables was examined by correlation analysis.Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to determine the predictabilityof personality traits, resilience, and hope on interpersonal problem-solvingapproaches. As a result of the study, a significant positive relationship wasidentified between approaching problems in a negative way, the lack of self-confidence, and unwillingness to take responsibility and neuroticism, while asignificant negative relationship was found between extraversion,agreeableness, responsibility, openness to experiences, resilience, and hope.On the other hand, a significant negative relationship was observed betweenconstructive problem solving and the insistent-persevering approach andneuroticism, while a significant positive relationship was found betweenextraversion, agreeableness, responsibility, openness to experiences,resilience, and hope. Furthermore, it was determined that neuroticism andresilience significantly explain approaching problems in a negative way;agreeableness, responsibility, openness to experiences, and hope significantlyexplain constructive problem solving; agreeableness, responsibility, and hopesignificantly explain the lack of self-confidence; the personality traits ofneuroticism and agreeableness significantly explain unwillingness to takeresponsibility; and agreeableness, openness to experiences, and hopesignificantly explain the insistent-persevering approach