title: Coping and involuntary responses to stress in Chinese university students: psychometric properties of the responses to stress questionnaire.
abstract: Our objective in this study was to develop a Chinese version of the Responses to Stress Questionnaire (RSQ; Connor-Smith, Compas, Wadsworth, Thomsen, and Saltzman, 2000) and to evaluate its reliability and validity. The Chinese (C) RSQ (RSQ-C) exhibited moderate internal consistency and moderate test-retest reliability. Results of the confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the fit of a 3-factor model of voluntary coping and a separate 2-factor model of involuntary responses to stress were acceptable for the Chinese university sample. With regard to predictive validity, the Primary and Secondary Control Engagement Coping factors were associated with lower levels of depressive and anxious symptoms, whereas the Disengagement, Involuntary Engagement, and Involuntary Disengagement Coping factors were associated with higher levels of such symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Medical Psychological Research Center, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Shuqiao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Xiongzhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Chenchen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Randy P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.forename: Chad M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: McWhinnie
authors.forename: John R Z
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Abela
authors.forename: Chuanyue
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult