Co-Active Coping Inventory: Development and Validation for the Chilean Population.

Area of Science:

• Organizational Psychology
• Occupational Health
• Psychometrics

Background:

• Co-active coping is crucial for understanding individual and group behavior in work settings.
• Existing coping strategy assessments may not fully capture the nuances within specific organizational contexts.
• The Chilean work environment presents unique challenges and cultural factors influencing coping mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and validate a new scale, the Co-Active Coping Inventory (CCI), tailored for the Chilean organizational context.
• To examine the psychometric properties of the CCI, including its factor structure and measurement invariance.
• To investigate the predictive relationship between co-active coping dimensions and occupational burnout and symptomatology.

Main Methods:

• Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were employed to establish the scale's structure.
• Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to assess predictive validity.
• A sample of 1,442 Chilean workers from diverse organizational sectors participated.

Main Results:

• The CCI demonstrated a robust five-factor structure: Reflective Action, Rash Action, Search for Spiritual Support, Search for Affective Support, and Evasion.
• The scale exhibited measurement invariance across sex and organizational type.
• Co-active coping dimensions explained 20-41% of occupational burnout variance and 3-5% of symptomatology, with Reflective Action being a key predictor.

Conclusions:

• The Co-Active Coping Inventory is a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing coping strategies in the Chilean organizational context.
• The findings underscore the importance of co-active coping, particularly reflective action, in mitigating occupational burnout and related symptoms.
• The CCI provides a valuable tool for researchers and practitioners in organizational psychology and occupational health.