About the Measure
| Domains | Resilience and coping |
| Key stages | Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Problem focussed; Seeks social support; Wishful thinking; Avoidance |
| Description | The questionnaire contains a wide range of thoughts and acts that people use to deal with the internal and/or external demands of specific stressful encounters. Initially developed for adults but has been slightly modified and validated for use with adolescents. |
| Example | Just concentrated on what I had to do next- the next step |
| Link | https://caps.ucsf.edu/uploads/tools/surveys/pdf/Ways%20of%20coping.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 66 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 14-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .47-.85 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | 4 factors Chi-square=105.1, p< .0001 df= 372 GFI=.938 RMSR=.047 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Halstead, M., Johnson, S. B., & Cunningham, W. (1993). Measuring coping in adolescents: An application of the Ways of Coping Checklist. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 22(3), 337-344. doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp2203_4 |