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 |