Brief COPE (Mini-COPE)

mini_cope()

Cognitive and Behavioral Assessments
The questionnaire is used to assess ways of coping with stress. It is intended mainly for research purposes, but it can also be used in practice, in screening and preventive studies, and in assessing the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions. The Brief COPE omits two scales of the full COPE, reduces others to two items per scale, and adds one scale.

Module

velesresearch.questionnaires.mini_cope

Import

from velesresearch.questionnaires.mini_cope import mini_cope

Original

Carver, C. S. (1997). You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long: Consider the brief cope. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 4(1), 92–100. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm0401_6

Score calculation

An average.

Reverse items

None.

Subscales

  1. Active Coping: 1, 2
  2. Planning: 3, 4
  3. Positive Refraining : 5, 6
  4. Acceptance: 7, 8
  5. Humor: 9, 10
  6. Religion: 11, 12
  7. Using Emotional Support: 13, 14
  8. Using Instrumental Support: 15, 16
  9. Self-Distraction: 17, 18
  10. Denial: 19, 20
  11. Venting: 21, 22
  12. Substance Use: 23, 24
  13. Behavioral Disengagement: 25, 26
  14. Self-Blame: 27, 28

Reliability

  1. Active Coping: α = .68
  2. Planning: α = .73
  3. Positive Refraining : α = .64
  4. Acceptance: α = .57
  5. Humor: α = .73
  6. Religion: α = .82
  7. Using Emotional Support: α = .71
  8. Using Instrumental Support: α = .64
  9. Self-Distraction: α = .71
  10. Denial: α = .54
  11. Venting: α = .5
  12. Substance Use: α = .9
  13. Behavioral Disengagement: α = .65
  14. Self-Blame: α = .69

Implemented by

Julia Jankowska (University of Wrocław)

Args

name : str
Base name for pages and questions. Defaults to “mini_cope”.

instruction : str
Instruction for the questionnaire. None means that the default instruction will be used.

questionOptions : dict | None
Additional options for questions as a dictionary. Defaults to None.

pageOptions : dict | None
Additional options for pages as a dictionary. Defaults to None.

Returns

PageModel
PageModel with the Mini-COPE questionnaire. Use the * operator to unpack it to questions.