A Multicenter Study on Validity of the 30-Items Brief COPE in Identifying Coping Strategies among Medical Students

作者：Yusoff Muhamad Saiful Bahri^*

来源：International Medical Journal, 2010, 17(4): 249-253.

• validity
• reliability
• medical students
• coping strategies
• factor analysis

Objective: To determine the construct validity and the internal consistency of the Brief COPE among medical students hence in the future it could be used as a valid and reliable instrument to identify coping strategies of medical students.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study design. The 30-items Brief COPE with 15 coping strategies was used in this study. It originally comprised of 28 items with 14 coping strategies. It was administered to a total of 375 medical students from four medical schools. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS) version 12. Factor analysis was applied to test construct validity of the instrument. Reliability analysis (Cronbach's alpha and item total correlation) was applied to test internal consistency of the instrument.
Results: 359 participants participated in this study. The total Cronbach's alpha value of the Brief COPE was 0.85. All the 15 coping strategies showed an acceptable internal consistency as having Cronbach's alpha values more than 0.7. All the items were loaded nicely according to the coping strategies.
Conclusion: This study showed that the Brief COPE had a good psychometric value. It is a valid and reliable instrument in identifying coping strategies of medical students.

• 出版日期2010-12