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The Dimensionality of the Brief COPE Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Exploring religiosity, perceived mental health, and coping behaviors of undergraduate African American college students in the South.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- Enduring Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Physicians in Pakistan: A Mixed-Methods Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Humor Coping Reduces the Positive Relationship between Avoidance Coping Strategies and Perceived Stress: A Moderation Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Psychological Resilience and Coping Strategies with Anxiety among Malaysian Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Support- and meaning-focused coping as key factors for maintaining adult quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Predictors of Students' Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Impact of Coping Strategies, Sense of Coherence, and Social Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Social support, psychological flexibility and coping mediate the association between COVID-19 related stress exposure and psychological distress.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Coping in the Emergency Medical Services: Associations With the Personnel's Stress, Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, and Health.Clinical psychology in Europe · 2022Article
- Help-Seeking as a Maladaptive Coping Style in the Pandemic Scenario: What Worked and What Did Not for Facing This New Stressor.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The Brief COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) is a frequently used questionnaire assessing 14 theoretically derived coping mechanisms, but psychometric research has suggested inconsistent results concerning its factor structure. The aim of this study was to investigate primary and secondary order factor structures of the Brief COPE during the COVID-19 pandemic by testing 11 different models by confirmatory factor analyses and to assess differences between sex, age groups, and relationship status. Altogether, 529 respondents from Austria and Germany participated in a web-based survey. Results supported the originally hypothesized 14-factor structure but did not support previously described higher-order structures. However, bass-ackwards analyses suggested systematic overlap between different factors, which might have contributed to different factor solutions in previous research. Measurement invariance across sex, age groups, and relationship status could be confirmed. Findings suggest that cultural and situational aspects as well as the functional level should be considered in research on theoretical framing of coping behavior.
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