title: Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the coping inventory for adults for stressful situations in healthy people.
abstract: The present study examined the validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations-2nd Edition™ (CISS; hereafter the CISS-J). The participants were 1,268 healthy Japanese individuals. The factor analyses yielded three major scales (task-, emotion-, and avoidance-oriented coping) corresponding to the original version. In addition, the avoidance-oriented scale of the CISS-J contained two subscales (Distraction and Social diversion), as in the original version. Cronbach's α coefficient was found to be .75-.89 for the three scales and two subscales. Results show that the CISS-J is useful for assessing the coping strategies among this sample of Japanese individuals.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Furukawa
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult