STILOVI SUOČAVANJA SA STRESOM KOD ADOLESCENATA: KONSTRUKCIJA I VALIDACIJA UPITNIKA
STYLES OF COPING WITH STRESS IN ADOLESCENTS: QUESTIONNAIRE CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this paper was to construct and validate a questionnaire for styles of coping with stressful situations for adolescents, by using the deductive approach. As a theoretical starting point the authors used previously well elaborated styles of coping on adult examinees, the problem – targeted coping, and the emotions – targeted coping and coping by evasion. The questionnaire for coping styles for adolescents was constructed by a compilation of items from several existing questionnaires and then applied on a sample of 265 examinees from ages 11 to 14. The final form of the questionnaire comprises 55 items, and they are saturated by three theoretically predictable factors, i.e. coping by evasion, emotions and problem – targeted coping. These factors have low positive mutual correlations, and their reliabilities of internal consistency are relatively high. In order to examine the validity of the obtained measures of coping, their correlations with character traits, stressful life events, perceived social support and school success at the end of the current school year were calculated. The results obtained are partly different in girls and boys. However, they basically indicate a satisfactory validity of the three coping dimensions obtained in research.

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