Development of a Coping Scale

Sidle, Allan; Moos, Rudolf H.; Adams, John M.; Cady, P.

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740140098012

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“…The two main procedures used for recording adaptive behaviour have been self report and observer report (Sidle, Adams and Cady 1969). The former is generally favoured as observer reports are frequently not practicable.…”

Section: The Measurement Of Copingmentioning

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Adolescent coping in the Australian context

Frydenberg¹,

Lewis²

1991

Aust. Educ. Res.

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Coping has been investigated and discussed as a theoretical construct since the 1960s. Attempts at its measurement have resulted in the development of a number of self-report inventories, and projective techniques. This study attempted to establish the range of coping strategies employed by Australian adolescents. It was not an aim of this study to develop Australian scales, although the item pool utilized in this investigation has been of value for scale development. The study is based on the cognitive phenomenological theory of coping described by Richard Lazarus. Data were collected, in both open and closed forms from a total of 1,211 high school students in four phases during 1986 and 1987, from 11 schools in metropolitan Melbourne.The open data comprised 2,041 descriptions of how 643 students coped with an identified concern. These were subsequently grouped into 156 independent categories and formed the basis of a questionnaire designed to make explicit, domains of student coping. The closed data took the form of 500 students' responses to a 156-item checklist based on the open data. These data were analysed using factor analytical procedures.The results of the investigation indicate that there are thirteen conceptually clear coping strategies utilised by Australian adolescents.

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Section: The Measurement Of Copingmentioning

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Adolescent coping in the Australian context

Frydenberg¹,

Lewis²

1991

Aust. Educ. Res.

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“…Pearlin & Schooler (1978) have presented a range of concrete coping strategies, which were derived from interview data and are relevant to role strain and crisis in specific areas such as marriage or occupation. Weisman (1972), on the other hand, took a list of strategies which are not situationally-specific and had been developed elsewhere (Sidle et al 1969), and used a modified version of this list to assess coping in patients who were seriously ill or dying. These strategies have the advantage of being applicable in a range of contexts, but have the disadvantage of lacking an explicit theoretical structure.…”

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The concept of coping

1982

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SynopsisCoping is action directed at the resolution or mitigation of a problematic situation. There are a number of ways in which this may be attempted, and a number of ways of classifying coping strategies. This paper presents a simple schema of six coping themes, ordered in terms of their defensiveness and the degree of attempted personal control which they imply. They comprise rejection, control, resignation, dependency, avoidance and minimization, and characterize the meaning or qualitative ‘style’ of the individual's response, rather than the formal characteristics of the strategies employed. Data from studies of breast cancer and surgical patients are cited to illustrate the substance of the themes.

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“…Women have been reported to seek out social support as a means of coping more frequently than men [27][28][29] . Women have also been shown to be more likely to seek information when confronted with stressors than men 30,31) . Among the victims of Hurricane Hugo, social support had a protective effect against distress (anger, depression and global mental distress) 32) .…”

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Life Events and Posttraumatic Stress in Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Victims.

KWON

Maruyama

Morimoto

2001

Environ. Health Prev. Med.

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Stress induced by disaster is experienced to varying degrees by all respondents, and is known to evoke psychophysiological reactions. In this study, we investigated the relationships between earthquake-related life events and posttraumatic stress symptoms. A total of 380 adults were surveyed one year after the 1995 HanshinAwaji earthquake in Japan. The questionnaire included items concerning earthquake-related life events, emotional support and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.As a result, after controlling for demographic variables, earthquake-related life events were significantly related to the grade of posttraumatic stress and its three components: re-experience, avoidance and arousal, in both male and female subjects. Male subjects who currently had lower emotional support showed higher scores of posttraumatic stress and arousal. In conclusion, a higher experience of earthquake-related life events appears to be an important risk factor for development of poor mental health status following an earthquake disaster.

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Development of a Coping Scale

Cited by 98 publications

References 21 publications

Adolescent coping in the Australian context

Adolescent coping in the Australian context

The concept of coping

Life Events and Posttraumatic Stress in Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Victims.

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