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01-02-2009 | Original Article

Assessing Cognitive and Behavioral Coping Strategies in Children

Auteurs: Gerly M. de Boo, Jelte M. Wicherts

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 1/2009

Abstract

The objective was to examine the psychometric qualities of a Dutch version of the Coping Strategies Checklist for Children (CCSC-R1) in the Netherlands and to replicate the 4-factor coping model that was established in an American population. Confirmatory factor analyses were used to investigate the factorial structure underlying the 13 subscales. A 5-factor model in which Positive Cognitive Restructuring was a separate coping dimension proved superior to a 4-factor model in which Positive Cognitive Restructuring was part of Direct Problem Solving. The 5-factor model proved invariant across age, and 10 subscales proved invariant across gender. Significant gender differences were found for the subscales “support for feelings,” “distracting actions” and “wishful thinking,” with girls scoring higher than boys. Pro-social behavior correlated positively with all five coping dimensions; the strongest correlations were with the coping dimensions Direct Problem Solving and Positive Cognitive Restructuring. Socially inadequate behavior was only significantly correlated with Avoidance Coping. The significance of coping assessment for cognitive and behavioral interventions for children with mental health problems was discussed.

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The CCSC is supposed to measure dispositional coping and asks the child to react to the question “when I have a problem......”. The HICUPS presents the same statements to the child, but the statements are phrased in the past tense. In the HICUPS the child is asked to refer to a problem that has occurred in the last 3 months “when I had problem X......” Details about the development of the CCSC and HICUPS can be found in the manual (Ayers & Sandler, 1999 September).

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Titel: Assessing Cognitive and Behavioral Coping Strategies in Children
Auteurs: Gerly M. de Boo
Jelte M. Wicherts
Publicatiedatum: 01-02-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-007-9135-0

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