title: The coping resources inventory for stress: a measure of perceived resourcefulness.
abstract: This article reviews previous studies with the Coping Resources Inventory for Stress (CRIS) and reports the results of a recent convergent/divergent study on six CRIS scales. CRIS scales have high internal consistency and test-retest reliabilities and appear to be useful in predicting illness, emotional distress, personality type, drug dependency, occupational choice, and life satisfaction. The convergent/divergent sample consisted of 68 graduate student volunteers in a southeastern urban university. Each of the CRIS scales converged with its validating test and diverged from a test that measures a different construct. Results offer considerable support for the construct validity of CRIS scales and suggest that it may be a promising research and clinical instrument for the study of stress coping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling & Psychological Services, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Matheny
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Aycock
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Curlette
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Junker
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001242:Assertiveness; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*