Manual for the Children's Coping Strategies Checklist

DEFINITIONS FOR THE DIMENSIONS ON THE CHILDREN'S COPING STRATEGIES
CHECKLIST-REVISION 1 (CCSC-R1)
Subscale
Alpha 1
ACTIVE COPING STRATEGIES (" = .88)
Problem focused Coping (" = .80)
Cognitive
Decision
Making
Direct
Problem
Solving
Seeking
Understanding
(CDM, " = .62)
(DPS, " = .61)
(SU, " = .58)
Positive Reframing Coping (" = .83)
Positive
Thinking
Optimistic
Thinking
Control
Minimization 2
(POS, " = .62)
(OPT, " = .66)
(CON, " = .66)
(MIN, " = .54)
Description and Exemplar Item
Planning or thinking about ways to solve the problem
(e.g., Think about which things are best to do to
handle the problem)
Efforts to improve the problem situation (e.g., Do
something to make things better)
Efforts to find meaning in a problem situation or try to
understand it better (e.g., Try to understand it better
by thinking more about it)
Thinking about the good. Things that happened. (e.g.,
Try to notice or think about only the good things in
your life)
Thinking about things in the future with a optimistic
manner(e.g., Tell yourself that things will get better)
Thinking that you can handle or deal with the
whatever happens(e.g., Tell yourself that you can
handle this problem)
Minimizing the problem or the consequences of the
problems (e.g., Tell yourself not to make a big deal
out of it)
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