TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping scale for children and youth
T2 - Scale development and validation
AU - Brodzinsky, David M.
AU - Elias, Maurice J.
AU - Steiger, Cynthia
AU - Simon, Jennifer
AU - Gill, Maryann
AU - Hitt, Jennifer Clarke
N1 - Funding Information:
Portions of this research were supported by a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation to the second author. The authors express their deep appreciation for the assistance and cooperation of Norma Miele, Paul Yampolsky, and the teachers and students of the Randolph Township School District. We also thank Michael Gara for his help with the data analysis. Correspondence and requests for reprints should be sent to David M. Brodzinsky, Department of Psychology, Tillett Hall, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - A new self-report measure of children's coping is described. Scale development began with a compilation of 44 coping behaviors culled from previous research. These items were administered in small-group format to 498 children in sixth and eighth grades. Subjects were asked to rate how often they used each coping behavior in their efforts to deal with a self-identified stressor. Factor analysis of the data produced four discrete coping categories: assistance seeking, cognitive-behavioral problem solving, cognitive avoidance, and behavioral avoidance. The factor pattern was the same across grade and sex of subject. Test-retest reliability and internal reliability for the four subscales were moderate to high. Data on grade and sex differences in coping are presented, as are data on the construct validity of the scale. Implications of the development studies and an assessment of the attributes of the new scale are discussed.
AB - A new self-report measure of children's coping is described. Scale development began with a compilation of 44 coping behaviors culled from previous research. These items were administered in small-group format to 498 children in sixth and eighth grades. Subjects were asked to rate how often they used each coping behavior in their efforts to deal with a self-identified stressor. Factor analysis of the data produced four discrete coping categories: assistance seeking, cognitive-behavioral problem solving, cognitive avoidance, and behavioral avoidance. The factor pattern was the same across grade and sex of subject. Test-retest reliability and internal reliability for the four subscales were moderate to high. Data on grade and sex differences in coping are presented, as are data on the construct validity of the scale. Implications of the development studies and an assessment of the attributes of the new scale are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0193-3973(92)90029-H
DO - 10.1016/0193-3973(92)90029-H
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000105795
SN - 0193-3973
VL - 13
SP - 195
EP - 214
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
IS - 2
ER -