Stressor and Coping Response Inventories for Children

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ID13647844
AuthorsSandra Elwood (Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, corresponding author), Sandra W Elwood (Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre)
Year1987
Volume60
Issue3
Pages931-947
Publication date1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1987.60.3.931
PMID3615736
OpenAlexW1999949327
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

Inventories of stressful situations (daily hassles and major events) and coping responses were developed from open-ended discussions about stress and coping conducted in Grades 4 and 7. Item content and format were designed to elicit a child's perception of the experienced stress rather than an adult's perception of the child's experience. Inventories showed strong content, concurrent, and construct validity. Testing across a 2-wk. interval showed strong reliability for the report of major events; items with weak reliability were eliminated. As expected, reliability for hassles occurring during different weeks was weaker, in particular for Grade 4 children. The relation between experienced stress in an individual situation and total stress was stronger for daily hassles than major events. The choices of coping response by children in both grades showed high reliability

Construct validity · Coping (psychology · Coping behavior · Developmental psychology · Perception · Psychometrics · Stressor · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health

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