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[Development of the Brief Scales for Coping Profile (BSCP) for workers: basic information about its reliability and
Takayuki Kageyama1, Toshio Kobayashi, Mieko Kawashima
1Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Megusuno 2944-9, Notsuharu, Oita 870-1201, Japan. kageyama@oita-nhs.ac.jp
Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi = Journal of Occupational Health
|September 24, 2004
Summary
A new 18-question Brief Scales for Coping Profile (BSCP) tool helps assess workers' coping strategies. The BSCP effectively identifies how coping modifies job stressors
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health Psychology
- Psychometrics
- Mental Health Research
Context:
- Job stressors significantly impact worker well-being and can lead to health problems.
- Existing coping profile questionnaires are often too lengthy for practical occupational mental health programs.
- Developing efficient tools is crucial for assessing and managing workplace mental health.
Purpose:
- To develop and validate a concise, self-rating questionnaire for assessing workers' coping profiles.
- To introduce the Brief Scales for Coping Profile (BSCP) with 18 questions across 6 coping strategy scales.
- To evaluate the reliability and validity of the BSCP in a working population.
Summary:
- A new 18-item Brief Scales for Coping Profile (BSCP) was developed, comprising six distinct coping strategy scales.
- Factor analysis confirmed the scale structure, and reliability coefficients ranged from 0.66 to 0.75.
- The BSCP, alongside job stress and depression scales, explained 38% of depression variance, with coping profiles moderating stressor-symptom relationships.
Impact:
- The BSCP demonstrates reliability and validity, offering a feasible tool for self-management and health education in occupational mental health.
- Findings highlight how specific coping strategies like 'active solution' and 'avoidance and suppression' interact with job stressors to influence depressive symptoms.
- Future research should confirm test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and explore BSCP's relationship with demographics and other stress outcomes in diverse populations.