Coping strategies and their associated factors among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Kuantan, Malaysia

Kamarulbahri, Tengku Mohd Saifuddin Tengku; Ariaratnam, Suthahar; Nikmat, Azlina Wati; Abdullah, Nik Nairan; Khing, Tan Lee

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1004034

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“…For instance, by eliminating or modifying scales or items researchers can tailor the instrument to the characteristics of their sample (Solberg et al, │ 165 2022). The Brief COPE has been utilised extensively in clinical and positive psychology research, including studies on chronically ill patients, carers, and employees coping with stressors such as job loss (Kamarulbahri et al , 2022;Søvold et al, 2021).…”

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Exploring the usefulness of the Brief COPE in clinical and positive psychology: A discriminant content validity study

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Rasyida

Ramadhanty

et al. 2023

Psikohumaniora J. Penelit. Psikol.

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The Brief Coping Orientation to Problem Experienced (COPE) scale is widely used for measuring coping strategies. However, concerns persist regarding the dimensions captured by the scale and the accuracy of item representation. This study examined the relevance of adapted Brief COPE items using discriminant content validity (DCV). A panel of experts (n = 15) assessed the extent to which the items corresponded to their intended dimensions. Intraclass correlation (ICC) estimates ranged from 0.640 to 0.828, indicating agreement among experts. A one-sample t-test evaluated DCV, revealing that 21 out of 28 items distinctly and exclusively measured intended dimensions, confirming their discriminant content validity. Seven items were excluded: three did not measure coping strategies (non-dimension), and four measured them in different dimensions (wrong-dimension). The discriminant content-validated Brief COPE scale improves coping assessment, benefiting psychological therapies and providing researchers with refined measures for each coping strategy dimension, addressing dimensional concerns.

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the usefulness of the Brief COPE in clinical and positive psychology: A discriminant content validity study

Siaputra

Rasyida

Ramadhanty

et al. 2023

Psikohumaniora J. Penelit. Psikol.

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Coping strategies and burden stress in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and patients with bipolar disorder

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Mahmoud,

Mahmoud

et al. 2023

Middle East Curr Psychiatry

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Background Mental illness has a great impact not only on patients but also on their carers as it makes them more prone to stress, interferes with their daily life activities, and can negatively affect their social, psychological, and physical health quality of life. They neglect seeking medical help that may negatively affect clinical outcome of patients and quality of their life. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the magnitude of burden on such caregivers and to investigate the coping strategies used by them in order to develop tailored biopsychosocial interventions to reduce their stress. Objective To assess the magnitude of burden and patterns of coping with stress in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. To assess the magnitude of burden and patterns of coping with stress in caregivers of patients with bipolar affective disorder. To compare both the coping strategies and burden stress scores among carers of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar patients. Patients and methods This cross-sectional study was done on 100 caregivers to assess burden in caregivers of schizophrenia patients and caregivers of bipolar patients, the coping style used by the caregivers of both groups and comparing between two groups. Results There was statistically significant difference found between bipolar group and schizophrenia group regarding coping inventory scores make fun and behavioral withdrawal, which showed higher median score in schizophrenia group than bipolar group. Burden of caring and coping with this burden, affect each other mutually. As, according to the results of our study, rural residence of caregiver, positive reassessment ≤ 12 and denial > 8 were found significantly associated with high burden in bipolar group. While employed caregivers were associated with high burden among schizophrenia group. Burden is higher in bipolar group than schizophrenia group. Conclusion The burden placed on caregivers has a significant impact on their capacity to offer service and care to patients. It also has an impact on how service providers adjust to and deal with their families' illnesses. Reduced caregiver load and increased awareness of the condition may help caregivers to use more flexible coping techniques.

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Coping strategies and their associated factors among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in Kuantan, Malaysia

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Exploring the usefulness of the Brief COPE in clinical and positive psychology: A discriminant content validity study

Exploring the usefulness of the Brief COPE in clinical and positive psychology: A discriminant content validity study

Coping strategies and burden stress in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia and patients with bipolar disorder

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