Carver of the university of miami and is used to empirically determine what mechanisms you use and helps you identify what research says about that technique. Adapting the brief cope for chinese adolescents with. The brief coping orientation to problems experienced brief cope inventory is the most usual measure to identify the nature of coping strategies implemented by individuals and explore 14 coping strategies. Trauma survivors from hurricane andrew carver, 1997. Considering the problematic extension of the original instrument, carver 1997 presented an abbrevi ated version, the briefcope, which has been. The initial list of tools was compiled through research database searches, internet searches, and. To get the most out of using science of behavior change website, please login to the new experience with a supported browser. Psychometric properties of the brief cope in a sample of. The brief cope carver, 1997 is frequently used to measure coping. Reliability and validity of the brief cope scale english. Following is the brief cope as we are now administering it, with the instructional orientation for a presurgery interview the first time the cope is given in this. Here you can take a brief questionnaire about what coping strategy you use.
The use of active avoidance coping was related to more stress and mental health problems, with mothers reporting they used this type of coping more frequently. The brief cope inventory consists of only 28 statements, across two scales, and is more focused on understanding the frequency with which people use different coping strategies in response to various stressors. These items ask what youve been doing to cope with present stresses. The brief cope carver, 1997 is a 28 item measure used to assess coping response to stress. The scale items were translated from english to turkish and the scale was settled after being examined by experts studying on psychological counseling and fluent in both languages.
Pdf coping behavior assessment scale indian adaptation. The brief cope scale carver, 1997 is a 28item selfreport measure of both adaptive and maladaptive coping skills. In general, the factorial structure of the brief cope is consistent with the previously reported structure for the full inventory see carver, 1997. Controversies regarding the psychometric properties of the brief cope. Read the statements and indicate how much you have been using each coping style. The instrument was applied in different provinces of chile, covering 3000 km from the city of antofagasta to the aysen regions. The items from the remaining scales formed larger factors, but carver 1 concluded that the.
The stress coping behavior scale scbs was designed to measure the stress coping behavior of the indian adult population. Does the factor structure of the brief cope fit different. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. T1 you want to measure coping but your protocols too long. Factorial structure of brief cope for international. Yeung and fung 20 used it to measure residents response strategies during the sars outbreak which display a good reliability. A written authorization via email was obtained from the author of the briefcope charles s. As it is rare for a research study to be able to accommodate such a large number of items or. The brief cope was developed as a short version of the original 60item cope scale carver et al. The purpose of this study was to determine the best factor conceptualization of the brief cope for use among breast cancer survivors.
This inventory was derived from the original cope which was based on the lazarus and folkman coping model 1984 and from the carver and scheier model of behavioral selfregulation carver 1997. Litman center for research in behavioral medicine and health psychology, department of psychology, university of south florida, tampa, fl 336208200, united states. Readers are directed to the seminal articles on the validation process for the cope carver, et al. The brief cope omits two scales of the full cope, reduces others to. The brief cope inventory was adapted by carver 1997 and is an abbreviated version of the full cope inventory. Brief cope ptlds these items deal with ways you ve been coping with stress in your life.
International journal of behavioral medicine, 4, 92100. The brief cope carver, 1997, a shortened version of the original cope carver et al. International journal of behavioral medicine 4 1, 92, 1997. You want to measure coping but your protocol too long. The brief cope carver, 1997 is one of the most frequently used selfreport measures of coping re sponses. The brief cope was developed based on concepts of coping from lazarus and folkman 1984. Brief cope, designed by carver 1997 and adapted into polish by juczynski and oginskabulik 2009, is a multidimensional measure that serves to identify the nature of fourteen different coping. By assessing a broad range of different styles of coping, researchers can better understand effectiveness of such coping strategies.
The briefcope is a 28 item selfreport questionnaire designed to measure. Cs carver, c pozo, sd harris, v noriega, mf scheier, ds robinson. The brief cope carver 1997 measures different ways of coping with stress. You want to measure coping but your protocols too long consider the brief cope. The breif cope was initially validated on a 168 participant community sample whom had been impacted by a hurricane carver, 1997, and shown to have adequate factor structure. I havent been doing this at all a little bit a medium amount. The brief cope carver, 1997 in a translation for spanish population by moran et al. Controversies regarding the psychometric properties of the. Carver for validating the instrument in the chilean population. The case of the brazilianportuguese version cope breve. Action typebased factorial structure of brief cope among. N2 studies of coping in applied settings often confront the need to minimize time demands on participants.
The brief cope scale was originally developed by carver 1997. Considering the problematic extension of the original instrument, carver 1997 presented an abbreviated version, the briefcope, which has been widely used. Breast cancer survivors n 1,127 completed the brief cope. The situational version of the brief cope europes journal of. Dispositional and situational coping of navy divers and submariners. Emerging subscales within a popular standardized measure of coping jodi m. The availability of a structure with fewer factors rather than the initial 14factor structure may be of interest for both healthcare professionals and researchers. The internal consistency of the brief cope scale was assessed by calculating the cronbachs alpha coefficient15.
Dimensionality and relationships with approach and avoidancemotives and positive and negative traits jordan a. Only 3 scales of the brief cope positive reframing, selfdistraction, and. Feel free as well to adapt the language for whatever time scale you are interested in. Positive appraisal style pass selection from brief cope carver, 1997 and cerqshort. The following questions ask how you have sought to cope with a hardship in your life. These next items deal with ways youve been coping with the stress in your life. You are welcome to use all scales of the brief cope, or to choose selected scales for use. A report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of bachelor of arts psychology honours, faculty of community studies, education and social sciences, edith cowan university. The current study aims to explore the likelihood of there being a higherorder factorial model of the brief cope carver, 1997 that is equally appropriate and valid for different traumatic groups i.
The brief cope also stands out because it is intended to assess the core aspects of coping as summarized by skinner and colleagues 2003. The main aim of this study was to examine the dimensionality of the brief cope by comparing five different factor models highlighted by previous studies. The brief cope carver, 1997 is one of the most frequently used selfreport measures of coping responses. Because of its brevity, the brief cope remains a very popular instrument. Evaluating the psychometric properties of the cope.
Psychometric properties of the briefcope for the evaluation of. Emotional responses and coping strategies of nurses and. You want to measure coping but your protocols too long. Responses are rated on a 4point integer scale ranging from 1 i didnt do this at all to 4 i did this a lot. The instrument consists of 28 items that measure 14 factors of 2 items each, which correspond to a likert scale ranged from 0 i have not been doing this at all to 3 i have been doing this a lot. The scale consists of problemfocused coping active coping, planning, and use of instrumental support and emotionfocused coping use. Action typebased factorial structure of brief cope among hong kong chinese kristen n. Coping is defined as the process of executing a response to stress carver, et al. Meanwhile, the testretest reliability was assessed using the intraclass correlation.
Carver in 1997 applied the brief cope to 168 adults recovering from hurricane andrew and tested the situational coping format using a 4point likert scale. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence regarding its psychometric properties. The brief cope carver, 1997 is a selfreport questionnaire used to assess a number of different coping behaviors. Brief cope department of psychology university of miami. Demetriou of the briefcope with a greekspeaking sample dimensionality of coping.
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