%0 Journal Article %T Dispositional Coping Styles and Childhood Abuse History Among Japanese Undergraduate Students %A Noriko Shikai %A Masayo Uji %A Masahiro Shono %A Toshiaki Nagata and Toshinori Kitamura %J The Open Family Studies Journal %D 2008 %I %R 10.2174/1874922400801010076] %X Dispositional coping styles in adulthood may be influenced by one¡¯s experiences as a child. Japanese university students were examined in terms of their coping styles and child abuse history. Regression analyses revealed that an emotion- oriented coping style was predicted by neglect and emotional abuse during childhood. %U http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tofamsj/articles/V001/76TOFAMSJ.htm