title: The dialectical behavior therapy ways of coping checklist: development and psychometric properties.
abstract: Skills training is a crucial mode of treatment in dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT; Linehan, 1993b), yet a psychometrically sound measure of DBT skills use does not exist. We adapted the Revised Ways of Coping Checklist (RWCCL; Vitaliano, Russo, Carr, Maiuro, & Becker, 1985) to create the DBT Ways of Coping Checklist (DBT-WCCL). Using factor analysis procedures, two subscales emerged: one assessing coping via DBT skills, the DBT Skills Subscale (DSS), and one assessing coping via dysfunctional means, the Dysfunctional Coping Subscale (DCS). Principal component, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and content validity analyses suggested that the scale has good to excellent psychometric properties. In addition, the DSS successfully discriminated patients who received skills training during 4 months of treatment from patients who did not. Moderators of skills use are also discussed. The DBT-WCCL appears to be a promising new measure of DBT skills use.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Department of Clinical Psychology, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA. andrada@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Andrada D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Neacsiu
authors.forename: Shireen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Rizvi
authors.forename: Peter P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Vitaliano
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Marsha M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Linehan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D057189:Checklist; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D055815:Young Adult