A comparative study of personality and coping styles in hypertensive and normotensive bank managers: An empirical evidence

Pages: 892-894
Swati Sirotiya Dwivedi and P. K. Rai (Department of Psychology, Doctor Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh)

This study was designed to assess whether there are differences in personality and coping styles of hypertensive and normotensive (a term used for referring person having normal blood pressure) bank managers. A sample of 206 (30 to 55 years of age) managerial level bank employees was taken from cities like Sagar, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Jhansi, Noida through purposive sampling. Participants were approached in random manner and were included in the study only on voluntary basis. Those who were diagnosed with hypertension and were on its medication were considered in the hypertensive group. NEO-FFI personality inventory and cope scale was administered on both groups. T-test was used for data analysis. Results revealed that participants differ in terms of neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness and extraversion. They also differed significantly in coping styles. Implications are discussed in the paper.