The brief COPE-A inventory in Russian for adolescents: Validation and evaluation of psychometric properties

Julia Marakshina; Georgy Vasin; Victoria Ismatullina; Artem Malykh; Timofey Adamovich; Marina Lobaskova; Sergey Malykh

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13242

The brief COPE-A inventory in Russian for adolescents: Validation and evaluation of psychometric properties

Heliyon. 2023 Jan 30;9(2):e13242. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13242. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Julia Marakshina^{1

2}, Georgy Vasin¹, Victoria Ismatullina^{1

2}, Artem Malykh¹, Timofey Adamovich^{1

2}, Marina Lobaskova^{1

2}, Sergey Malykh^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center of Population Research, Ural Institute of Humanities, Ural Federal University Named After the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Russia.
² Developmental Behavioral Genetics Lab, Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, Russia.
³ Department of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.

Abstract

In this paper, the results of a psychometric analysis of a Brief Russian-language version of the COPE-A inventory for adolescents are presented. The inventory was designed for identifying coping strategies used in stressful situations and is comprised of 31 items. The study involved 3530 adolescents aged 13 to 17 years old. Using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, it was shown that the data correspond to the expected six-factor configuration, but the distribution of items by factors differs from the theoretical structure. To improve the factor structure, two questions were excluded; the final version included 29 items. The resulting inventory's scales turned out to be highly reliable (Cronbach's alpha values range from 0.72 to 0.89). Additionally, the construct validity of the method was assessed. In conclusion, the adapted version of the Brief COPE-A is suitable for use in the adolescent population.

Keywords: Adolescents; Brief COPE inventory; Coping strategies; Stress.