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Coping Skills Inventory
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Description
A 45-item inventory assessing the person's ability to cope with stress and difficulties. Low scores indicate poor coping skills, high scores indicate good coping skills. The test yields seven subscores:
- Reactivity to stress: low score means maladaptive reactivity to stress; high score signifies adaptive reactivity to stress;
- Ability to assess situation: low score means poor ability to correctly size up the situation; high score signifies a good ability;
- Self-reliance: low score means low self-relience; high score means high sef-reliance;
- Resourcefulnesslow score means low resourcefulness; high score means high resourcefulness;
- Adaptability and flexibility: low score means poor adaptability and low flexibility; high score means good adaptability and high flexibility;
- Proactive attitude: low score means passive attitude; high score means proactive attitude;
- Ability to relax: low score means poor ability to relax; high score means good ability to relax.
The test is suitable for adult and adolescent population. The text readability is qualified as follows: Flesh Reading Ease = 67.1; Flesh-Kincaid Grade level = 6.3.
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Reference
Jerabek, I. (1996). Coping Skills Inventory. Plumeus Inc., http://www.psychtests.com/tests/career/coping_skills.html
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Online Questionnaire
http://www.psychtests.com/tests/career/coping_skills.html
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Summary of scale score statistics |
| Number of items | 45 |
| Mean | 65.02 |
| Median | 66 |
| Standard Deviation | 12.89 |
| Standard Error | 0.45 |
| Coefficient of variation | 0.20 |
| Maximum value (max possible = 100) | 99 |
| Minimum value (min possible = 0) | 2 |
| Range (max possible = 100) | 97 |
Reference values
(Men and women combined)
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n
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Mean
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Median
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SD
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SE
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General score
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811
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65.02
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66
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12.89
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0.45
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Reactivity to stress
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811
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58.36
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60
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16.20
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0.57
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Ability to assess situation
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811
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64.81
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65
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13.85
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0.49
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Self-reliance
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811
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67.15
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68
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16.62
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0.58
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Resourcefulness
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811
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52.44
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52
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11.46
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0.40
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Adaptability and flexibility
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811
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65.42
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66
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13.18
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0.46
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Proactive attitude
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811
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66.92
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65
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15.40
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0.54
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Ability to relax
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811
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67.18
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70
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16.74
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0.59
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Percentiles
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5th
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10th
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25th
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75th
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90th
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95th
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General score
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45
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49
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56
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73
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81
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85
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Reactivity to stress
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33
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39
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47
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70
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79
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83
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Ability to assess situation
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43
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48
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56
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75
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82
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85
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Self-reliance
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40
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45
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56
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79
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88
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93
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Resourcefulness
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32
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38
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45
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61
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67
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70
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Adaptability and flexibility
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45
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50
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56
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75
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81
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86
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Proactive attitude
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40
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47
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56
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79
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86
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90
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Ability to relax
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37
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45
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58
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79
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87
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91
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Internal Consistency |
| Split-Half Reliability |
| Correlation of forms | 0.88 |
| Spearman-Brown formula | 0.94 |
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| Inter-Item Consistency |
| Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha | 0.94 |
| Standard error of measurement | 0.89 |
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| Hoyt's analysis |
| Between Items | F(44, 35684) = 186.34 | p< 0.0001 |
| Between cases | F(811, 35684) = 15.28 | p< 0.0001 |
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Sample
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AGE
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n
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Mean
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SD
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811
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29.89
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11.44
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N.B.
Sample recruited on the Internet; anonymous responses; age range: 16 to 72
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Score differences between women and men
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| General score | t(811) = -1.14 | p > 0.05 | Women = Men |
| Reactivity to stress | t(811) = -4.25 | p < 0.001 | Women < Men * |
| Ability to assess situation | t(811) = -0.9 | p > 0.05 | Women = Men |
| Self-reliance | t(811) = -0.5 | p > 0.05 | Women = Men |
| Resourcefulness | t(811) = 0.1 | p > 0.05 | Women = Men |
| Adaptability and flexibility | t(811) = -1.8 | p > 0.05 | Women = Men |
| Proactive attitude | t(811) = -2.2 | p < 0.05 | Women < Men ** |
| Ability to relax | t(811) = -1.4 | p > 0.05 | Women = Men |
*Women: Mean = 56.8; SD = 15.7; Men: Mean = 62.1; SD = 16.8
** Women: Mean = 66.3; SD = 14.9; Men: Mean = 69.0; SD = 16.3 |
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Correlation between age and test scores
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| General score | r(1, 728) = 0.16 | p < 0.001 | score = 20.94 + (0.14) * age |
| Reactivity to stress | r(1, 728) = 0.13 | p < 0.001 | score = 24.70 + (0.09) * age |
| Ability to assess situation | r(1, 728) = 0.16 | p < 0.001 | score = 21.27 + (0.13) * age |
| Self-reliance | r(1, 728) = 0.17 | p < 0.001 | score = 22.21 + (0.11) * age |
| Resourcefulness | r(1, 728) = 0.19 | p < 0.001 | score = 19.97 + (0.19) * age |
| Adaptability and flexibility | r(1, 728) = 0.15 | p < 0.001 | score = 21.47 + (0.13) * age |
| Proactive attitude | r(1, 728) = 0.16 | p < 0.001 | score = 21.77 + (0.12) * age |
| Ability to relax | r(1, 728) = 0.007 | p > 0.05 | score = 29.54 + (0.05) * age |
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