COPE Inventory.

COPE

What it measures

Dispositional and situational coping across 15 strategies (e.g. active coping, planning, positive reframing, acceptance, denial, behavioral/mental disengagement, emotional/instrumental support, humor, religion, substance use, restraint, venting, suppression of competing activities)

Length and format

60 (4 per scale, 15 scales). 4-point Likert (1-4); dispositional or situational instructions (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages (ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, ZH, and more)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Carver, C. S., Scheier, M. F., & Weintraub, J. K. (1989). Assessing coping strategies: a theoretically based approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56(2), 267-283.