Assessing School‐related Stressors and Coping Mechanisms in Adolescents

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ID9615134
AutoresJohn P Fanshawe (autor correspondente), Paul C Burnett
Ano1991
Volume61
Fascículo1
Páginas92-98
Data de publicação1991-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1991.tb00964.x
PMID1878305
OpenAlexW1971288743
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

S ummary . Despite a plethora of instruments used to measure stressors and coping mechanisms in adolescents little attention has been paid to issues of reliability and validity. In an endeavour to overcome this problem, a statistical methodology was implemented to develop scales from existing item sets. Items from Kohn and Frazer's (1986) Academic Stress Scale were combined with Strutynski's (1985)list of problems and, together with items from Patterson and McCubbin's (1987) Adolescent Coping Orientation for Problem Experiences, were administered to 1699 secondary school students in Australia. Two scale, the School Stressors Inventory for Adolescents (SSIA) and the Coping Inventory for Adolescents (CIA), were produced with five and four subscales respectively. Both have strong face and factorial construct validity, and high to modest reliability

Construct validity · Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Face validity · Psychometrics · Stressor · Test validity · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology