A BRIEF COPING STYLES INVENTORY FOR UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS

Sahın N., Durak A.

TURK PSIKOLOJI DERGISI, cilt.10, sa.34, ss.56-73, 1995 (SSCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 34
  • Basım Tarihi: 1995
  • Dergi Adı: TURK PSIKOLOJI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.56-73
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: COPING STYLES, SHORT FORM, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, STRESS, SYMPTOMS, PERSONALITY, SITUATIONS, SEX-DIFFERENCES, DEPRESSION, STRESS, APPRAISAL
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The aim of this study is to present the psychometric properties of a shorter Coping Style Scale derived from the Ways of Coping lnventory of Folkman and Lazarus, which is supposed to measure the coping styles of university students which are related to depression, loneliness and other psychological stress symptoms The reliability, validity and the factor structure of the Scale is investigated in three different studies with different purposes, samples and instruments. The results showed that the Scale is a reliable and valid instrument to measure coping styles. The factor structure found was similar to those reported in the literature, indicating to a five factor; (Self confident, Optimistic, Submissive, Helpless styles and Seeking of social support), and two dimension structure (Problem oriented/effective style and Emotion oriented/ineffective style). Gender comparisons revealed women to be more inclined to seek social support. The correlations with various psychological distress symptoms personality and situational variables were significant, and in the expected direction, The contrast group comparisons gave additional support to the validity of the findings.