Manual for the Children's Coping Strategies Checklist

CHILDREN'S COPING STRATEGIES CHECKLIST (CCSC)(1991 Version) 1
Instructions: When faced with a problem, kids do different things in order to solve the problem or to make
themselves feel better.
Below is a list of things kids may do when faced with a problem. For each item, select the response that best
describes how often you do the behavior when you have a problem. There are no right or wrong answers, just say
how often you do each thing in order to solve the problem or to make yourself feel better.
WHEN I HAVE A PROBLEM, I________________________
1. Listen to music.
Never Sometimes Often Most of the time
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2. Think about what I could do before I do something.
Never Sometimes Often Most of the time
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3. Write down my feelings.
Never Sometimes Often Most of the time
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4. Do something to make things better.
Never Sometimes Often Most of the time
(1) (2) (3) (4)
WHEN I HAVE A PROBLEM, I ________________________
5. Try to notice or think about only the good things in life.
Never Sometimes Often Most of the time
(1) (2) (3) (4)
1 The following provides the instructions and examples of the response sets for both the Children's Coping Strategies Checklist
(CCSC) and the How I Coped Under Pressure Scale (HICUPS). For a complete list of the items organized by their conceptual
categories see the tables that follow in this appendix.
Manual for CCSC & HICUPS page 22