Manual for the Children's Coping Strategies Checklist

SCALE CITATIONS AND PUBLISHED ARTICLES USING EACH VERSION
In making citations of the Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist or the How I Coped Under Pressure
Scale, we encourage authors to either cite this manual or the Ayers et al. (1996) paper as the general
citation (see ** below) for the development of the instruments and a second citation that refers to the
specific version that they are using.
CITATION FOR THIS MANUAL
Program for Prevention Research. (1999). Manual for the Children's Coping Strategies Checklist
and the How I Coped Under Pressure Scale. (Available from Arizona State University, P.O. Box
876005, Tempe, AZ 85287-6005).
CCSC & HICUPS
Initial Development:
Ayers, T. S. (1991). A dispositional and situational assessment of children's coping: Testing
alternative theoretical models. Unpublished Dissertation, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Ayers, T. S. (1992). A dispositional and situational assessment of children's coping: Testing
alternative theoretical models. Dissertation Abstracts International, 53(1-B), 556.
Scale:
Program for Prevention Research (1991, March). Family influences survey documentation.
Unpublished manuscript, Arizona State University: Tempe AZ.
Published Articles Using these Scales:
**Ayers, T. S., Sandler, I. N., West, S. G., & Roosa, M. W. (1996). A dispositional and
situational assessment of children's coping: Testing alternative models of coping. Journal of Personality,
64(4), 923-958.
Sandler, I. N., Tein, J. Y., & West, S. G. (1994). Coping, stress, and the psychological symptoms
of children of divorce: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Child Development, 65(6), 1744-1763.
{Note: Sandler et al. 1994 used the DAP revision of the CCSC. See appendix B of this document or the
following citation}
Program for Prevention Research (1992, October). Divorce Adjustment Project Documentation.
Unpublished manuscript, Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ.
CHILDREN’S COPING STRATEGIES CHECKLIST-REVISION 1 (CCSC-R1)
Scale:
Program for Prevention Research (1993, November). New Beginnings Documentation.
Unpublished manuscript, Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ.