Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ms.c Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

3 Ms.c Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

4 PhD in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

10.22054/jem.2024.72550.3448

Abstract

Considering the importance of coping strategies and the preference of respondents and researchers for short and comprehensive forms of measures, in the present study, the psychometric properties of the brief questionnaire of situational coping strategies were investigated and adapted. According to the objectives and subject, the method of this research is descriptive and of the type of factor analysis studies. The statistical population was all the students of the universities of Mashhad city, and 660 individuals were selected from this population by multi-stage cluster sampling. The participants responded to measures including Situational Coping Strategies Brief Questionnaire (SCSBQ-28), Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale (RPWS-18) and Single-Question Life Satisfaction Scale (SLSS-1). In the following, 47 participants were identified as incomplete and outlier data. Therefore, the final sample of the study was 613 participants. The results confirmed the 14 factors of the of situational coping strategies brief questionnaire. Convergent and divergent validity were also reported regarding the dimensions and the whole questionnaire with psychological well-being and life satisfaction. Cronbach's alpha of dimensions between 0.63 and 0.86 and the whole questionnaire was calculated as 0.76, which is good. Therefore, researchers and clinicians can use this questionnaire in scientific studies and clinical investigations, considering the fourteen dimensions, comprehensiveness, and shortness of this tool compared to similar tools while being comprehensive.

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