Abstract: The aim of this research is to explore the relationship between personality traits, subjective stress, and coping styles in adolescence. On a sample of 607 subjects, ranging in age from 12 to 20 years, NEO-FFI, questionnaire of coping styles and scale of subjective stress were applied. According to the result of exploratory factor analysis, there were two coping styles: negative coping style, and positive coping style. Then, using the path analysis, the direct and indirect effects of personality traits and subjective stress on coping styles were tested. The results showed that: (1) personality traits have the direct effects on coping styles, (2) personality traits have the indirect effects on negative coping style through subjective stress, (3) subjective stress has the direct positive effects on negative coping style, (4) there were potential relationships between three types of subjective stress.

Key words: personality traits, subjective stress, coping style, high school students