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Coping behaviour checklist for Chinese children: development and psychometric testing.

Ho Cheung William Li¹, Oi Kwan Joyce Chung, Mi Ling Eliza Wong

¹School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. william3@hku.hk

Journal of Advanced Nursing

|May 26, 2010

Summary

A new coping behaviour checklist for Chinese children aged 7-12 was developed and psychometrically tested. This tool helps identify coping strategies for better psychological interventions during stressful medical events.

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Area of Science:

Child Psychology
Psychometric Assessment
Healthcare Interventions

Background:

Understanding children's coping behaviors is crucial for designing effective psychological interventions for medical stress.
A significant gap exists in culturally sensitive, psychometrically sound measurement tools for assessing coping in Chinese children.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and psychometrically test a coping behaviour checklist tailored for Chinese children.
To provide a reliable and valid instrument for assessing children's coping mechanisms.

Main Methods:

Instrument development involved qualitative interviews and checklist creation (Phase 1).
Psychometric properties, including reliability and validity, were tested on a sample of Chinese children aged 7-12 years (Phase 2).
Confirmatory factor analysis was used to further validate the scale's construct.

Main Results:

A coping behaviour checklist for Chinese children was successfully developed.
The checklist demonstrated adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability.
High content validity and appropriate construct validity were established, supported by confirmatory factor analysis.

Conclusions:

The developed instrument is suitable for identifying the coping behaviors of Hong Kong Chinese children aged 7-12 years.
This tool can assist healthcare professionals, particularly nurses, in designing targeted psychological interventions.
Informed identification of coping behaviors can enhance children's ability to manage stressful medical procedures and hospitalization.