title: Development of the role-play inventory of situations and coping strategies for parents of children with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: Critiqued previous conceptual and methodological approaches to the measurement of stress and coping. Applied Goldfried and D'Zurilla's behavior-analytic model to create a context-specific measure of problematic situations and coping strategies for parents of school-age children with cystic fibrosis (CF). The sample was stratified by child's gender and illness severity. Forty-seven families (46 mothers, 32 fathers) and 8 health care professionals completed structured interviews or daily diaries to obtain the widest range of problematic situations; 1,725 situations were elicited across all participants and then content-analyzed into 97 nonredundant categories in 11 domains (e.g., Discipline, Medical Care). Few differences were found in problem frequency or difficulty as a function of either gender or illness severity. Using empirical criteria, the most frequent and difficult problem situations were selected and developed into role-play vignettes that include relevant contextual, developmental, and interactional details. The Role-Play Inventory of Situations and Coping Strategies (RISCS) consists of 31 audiotaped vignettes designed to elicit and evaluate the coping strategies used by parents of children with CF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Quittner
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Tolbert
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Regoli
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Orenstein
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hollingsworth
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eigen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012381:Role Playing