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The Social Dimension of Stress: Experimental Manipulations of Social Support and Social Identity in the Trier Social Stress Test
Published on: November 19, 2015
[Development of the coping scale for interpersonal stress events related to the goals of the coping]
Masahiro Takamoto1, Atsushi Aikawa
1Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan. m091103k@yahoo.co.jp
Abstract:
This study developed the coping scale for interpersonal stress events, and evaluated its validity. This scale is composed of the following subscales based on the goals of the coping: problem-focused coping, emotion-focused behavioral coping, and emotion-focused cognitive coping. Based on previous research, a pilot study was used to construct scale items, considering the goals of coping to reduce measurement error. In study 1 (N=348), the validity of the scale was examined using several statistical analyses. Study 2 (N=182) and study 3 (N=161) report correlations between the coping scale for interpersonal stress events and several theoretically relevant scales. Based on these results, it was concluded that the scale and subscales are valid for measuring interpersonal stress coping.
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