Research on Stress-Coping Styles of Athletes

This paper studies athletes’stress-coping styles in different situations by use of questionnaire and interview of 203 subjects.The findings indicate that athletes often use initiative coping styles and use different ones in different situations,e.g.,looking for support in studying situation,emotional coping in daily life.Higher-level athletes more often use initiative coping and avoidance coping,while common athletes more often use looking for support,emotional coping and transcending coping.The gender difference in coping styles among athletes is also discussed.