The Cope Inventory (Carver, Scheier and Weintraub, 1989) was created to evaluate the different ways in which people respond to stressful situations. The objective of this research was to adapt and analyze the psychometric properties of the COPE Inventory of 60 item version in a sample of 612 people belonging to the economically active population of Metropolitan Lima. The outcome scores from the instrument used, confirmed reliability and validity evidence. Validity evidence based on the test content was obtained through 8 experts, with a range of Aiken' s V that fluctuated between .88 to 1.00. Thus, validity evidence based on internal structure was reported through an exploratory factor analysis, obtaining a bidimensional structure composed each factor by 22 items (factor 1 ω = .92 and factor 2 ω = .93). In addition, coping strategies were compared according to sex and statistically significant differences were found for factor 1, so it was presented in a ranking of scales in percentiles. As a result, a new structure of the COPE Inventory composed of 44 items was proposed. Finally, established the validity and reliability of the test, it was found that the instrument measures the variable that it intends to measure and in an accurate way.