Abstract: To explore effects of trait coping styles on traumatized students’ suicide attitude under natural disasters, Post-trauma Symptom Reaction Questionnaire, Trait Coping Styles Questionnaire, and Suicide Attitude Questionnaire were completed by 650 students from primary and secondary schools around landing places of super typhoon Saomai. The results indicated that (a) post-trauma symptom reaction was significantly correlated with students’ suicide attitude; (b) the relation between post-trauma symptom reaction and suicide attitude was not significantly moderated by trait coping styles. The results took sides with relational model of stress, that is, coping was context-specific

Key words: natural disaster, trauma, trait coping styles, suicide attitude