Development of a short version of the Coping Strategies Inventory
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https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v22.n1.37412Keywords:
coping, confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity, measurement invariance, psychometric propertiesAbstract
When an external and/or internal demand is perceived as exhausting individual resources, certain strategies are used to cope with the stress involved. One of the strategies most associated with certain pathological conditions is emotional repression. Despite this, there are no brief instruments in Spanish that evaluate this stress coping strategy. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to develop a brief version of the Coping Strategies Inventory that contains only three items for each factor. The sample (N = 762) was collected online and divided into two parts. The first was used to conduct an exploratory factor analysis, which showed the existence of eight dimensions. For all subsequent analyses, the second part of the sample was used. The results of the confirmatory factor
analysis showed not only adequate psychometric properties, but also the suitability of using the instrument with a first-order factor
structure rather than a higher-order one. In order to test convergent validity, significant correlations were found with all personality
traits. It is concluded that the development of a short version of the Coping Strategies Inventory was successful, as all psychometric
indices reached values equal to or even higher than the original version with more items.
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