title: Trauma Coping Self-Efficacy: A Context-Specific Self-Efficacy Measure for Traumatic Stress.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The psychometric properties of a Trauma Coping Self-Efficacy (CSE-T) scale that assesses general trauma-related coping self-efficacy perceptions were assessed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Measurement equivalence was assessed using several different samples: hospitalized trauma patients (n₁ = 74, n₂ = 69, n₃ = 60), 3 samples of disaster survivors (n₁ = 273, n₂ = 227, n₃ = 138), and trauma-exposed college students (N = 242). This is the first multisample evaluation of the psychometric properties for a general trauma-related CSE measure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results showed that a brief and parsimonious 9-item version of the CSE performed well across the samples with a robust factor structure; factor structure and factor loadings were similar across study samples.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 9-item scale CSE-T demonstrated measurement equivalence across samples indicating that the underlying concept of general posttraumatic CSE is organized in a similar manner in the different trauma-exposed groups. These results offer strong support for cross-event construct validity of the CSE-T scale. Associations of the CSE-T with important expected covariates showed significant evidence for convergent validity. Finally, discriminant validity was also supported. Replication of the factor structure, internal reliability, and other evidence for construct validity is a critical next step for future research. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Trauma, Health, and Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
authors.forename: Charles C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Benight
authors.affiliation: Trauma, Health, and Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
authors.forename: Lori E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: James
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Kent State University.
authors.forename: Edward E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Waldrep
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Kent State University.
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Delahanty
authors.affiliation: Trauma, Health, and Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2413-5343
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cieslak
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult