Psychology Department, Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), R. Dr. Estêvão de Vasconcelos 33 A, 8500-656, Portimão, Portugal.
Human Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-Lab), Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT), Lisbon, Portugal.
J Relig Health. 2021 Oct;60(5):3510-3529. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01248-z. Epub 2021 Apr 3.
The scale of religious and spiritual coping (RCOPE) is one of the most used measures in the evaluation of coping strategies based on faith. Despite being validated for the Portuguese language in the Brazilian context, there was still no validation for European Portuguese, which seems important considering the cultural differences. We aimed at examining the validity and reliability of the RCOPE with a Portuguese sample. The present study used cross-sectional data from 1103 volunteers that completed the online survey. After randomly splitting the sample (1:1) for cross-validation purposes, an ordinal exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed. McDonald's omega, Cronbach's alpha and mean inter-item correlations were used to determine the internal consistency and homogeneity of the RCOPE. The convergent and discriminant validity of the scale was assessed using standardized factor loadings, the average variance extracted and the squared correlation between latent factors, respectively. In the current study, the final structure of the scale included 17 items aggregated into two correlated latent factors. The Portuguese version of the RCOPE showed acceptable psychometric proprieties, which will be an advantageous instrument for the practice and research of psychology in religion and spirituality.
宗教和精神应对量表（RCOPE）是基于信仰的应对策略评估中使用最广泛的测量工具之一。尽管该量表已在巴西的葡萄牙语环境中得到验证，但在欧洲葡萄牙语中仍未得到验证，考虑到文化差异，这似乎很重要。我们旨在用葡萄牙语样本检验 RCOPE 的有效性和可靠性。本研究使用了来自 1103 名志愿者的横断面数据，他们完成了在线调查。为了进行交叉验证，样本被随机分为（1:1），进行了有序探索性因素分析和验证性因素分析。McDonald's omega、Cronbach's alpha 和平均项目间相关性用于确定 RCOPE 的内部一致性和同质性。使用标准化因子负荷、平均方差提取和潜在因素之间的平方相关来评估量表的收敛和区分效度。在本研究中，该量表的最终结构包括 17 个项目，分为两个相关的潜在因素。RCOPE 的葡萄牙语版本表现出良好的心理计量特性，这将成为宗教和精神领域心理学实践和研究的有利工具。
