About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Resilience and coping |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | Problem focussed coping; Emotion focussed coping |
| Description | A brief measure of coping designed for children. |
| Example | Think of a problem or something that has gone wrong, what did you do?... You tried to think of different ways to solve the probl |
| Link | Maybery, D., Steer, S., Reupert, A., & Goodyear, M. (2009). The kids coping scale. Stress and Health, 25(1), 31-40. doi:10.1002/smi.1228 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 9 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 7-13 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .30-.61 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | PCA (oblique) re |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | The Kids Coping Scale (KCS) problem focussed coping and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (parent): prosocial subscale, r= .19; hyperactivity subscale; r= -.25; problems with other adults, r= -.20; KCS emotion focussed coping and self esteem, r= -.10 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Maybery, D., Steer, S., Reupert, A., & Goodyear, M. (2009). The kids coping scale. Stress and Health, 25(1), 31-40. doi:10.1002/smi.1228 |