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11
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2008-11-14
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The Brief COPE is a self-completed questionnaire measuring coping strategies. It comprises 14 subscales for which psychometric properties are described. Three composite subscales measuring emotion-focused, problem-focused, and dysfunctional coping have proved useful in clinical research and have content validity. We report psychometric properties of these subscales for the first time. One hundred twenty-five family carers of people with Alzheimer's disease completed the Brief COPE at time 1, 92 (82.9% of eligible carers) a year later, and 74 (77.1%) 2 years later. Internal consistencies were good for emotion-focused, problem-focused, and dysfunctional subscales (alpha = 0.72, 0.84, 0.75). Test-retest reliability over a year was demonstrated for emotion-focused, problem-focused, and dysfunctional subscales among carers in whom burden scores did not change significantly (r = 0.58, r = 0.72, r = 0.68; p < 0.001). Change in burden score over 2 years correlated with change in problem-focused and dysfunctional (r = 0.33, r = 0.32; p < 0.01) subscales, indicating sensitivity to change, but not with change on the emotion-focused scale. Change in emotion-focused coping correlated with change in problem-focused and dysfunctional coping (r = 0.40, r = 0.26; p < 0.05). Regression analyses indicated convergent and concurrent validity: emotion-focused coping was predicted by secure attachment (beta = 0.23) and by problem-focused coping (beta = 0.68); dysfunctional coping by burden (beta = 0.36) and less secure attachment (beta = -0.25) and problem-focused coping (beta = 0.31;all p < 0.05). The model predicting problem-focused coping included avoidant attachment (beta = 0.22; p = 0.014), social support (beta = 0.10; p = 0.25), care recipient activities of daily living impairment (beta = 0.12; p = 0.14) and less secure attachment (beta = -0.25; p = 0.011) and emotion-focused (beta = 0.53; p < 0.001) and dysfunctional coping (beta = 0.25, p = 0.006). These subscales are potentially useful in clinical research as they reflect possible components of interventions to change coping, although more information about sensitivity to change of the emotion-focused subscale is needed.
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eng
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AIM
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MEDLINE
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Nov
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1539-736X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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| pubmed:volume |
196
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
838-43
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Activities of Daily Living,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Adaptation, Psychological,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Alzheimer Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Caregivers,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Cost of Illness,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Defense Mechanisms,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Emotions,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-England,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Longitudinal Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Object Attachment,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Personality Inventory,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Problem Solving,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Psychometrics,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Reproducibility of Results,
pubmed-meshheading:19008735-Social Support
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| pubmed:year |
2008
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Validity and reliability of the brief COPE in carers of people with dementia: the LASER-AD Study.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Mental Health Sciences (Archway Campus), UCL, London, United Kingdom. ccooper@doctors.org.uk
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Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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