Responses of 100 applicants to a counselor education program were analyzed for their coping styles and the relations of these coping styles to a set of sociodemographic, academic, and experiential variables obtained during the application process. Seven factor-analytically derived coping styles are described. No significant relationships were found between these coping styles and the remaining variables.
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