Assessing School‐related Stressors and Coping Mechanisms in Adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID9615134
AuthorsJohn P Fanshawe (corresponding author), Paul C Burnett
Year1991
Volume61
Issue1
Pages92-98
Publication date1991-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1991.tb00964.x
PMID1878305
OpenAlexW1971288743
LanguageEN
Citations received9

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