title: Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Moos Coping Response Inventory For Youth.
abstract: The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of Moos's Coping Responses Inventory-Youth form in a sample of 1,401 adolescent secondary students (45% boys and 55% girls) ages 12 and 16 years (M = 14.1, SD = 1.4). Basic information as descriptive data and internal consistency reliabilities were given, and intercorrelations for the coping strategies criterion and factorial validity estimated. As in previous reports, the internal consistency was low to moderate. The correlations between scales ranged from .06 to .40. Exploratory factor analysis performed on the coping strategies, with oblimin rotation yielded two factors accounting for 49.6% of variance, which broadly reproduced the Approach-Avoidance dichotomy, with alpha values of .81 and .64, respectively. Finally, the analysis of criterion validity corroborated the relationship between the use of avoidance strategies and higher psychological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain. mforns@ub.edu
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forns
authors.forename: Juan Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Amador
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: Juana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muro
authors.forename: Bernardí
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martorell
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires