Wayne State University College of Nursing, Detroit, MI, USA.
West J Nurs Res. 2024 Nov;46(11):900-908. doi: 10.1177/01939459241285690. Epub 2024 Oct 1.
The Brief COPE is a widely used coping instrument, but there is a paucity of research regarding its ability to measure coping among sexual minority (SM) persons.
This study determined the psychometric properties of the Brief COPE and identified coping domains among a sample of SM individuals.
An online survey was conducted with 530 SM persons in the United States. Participants completed the dispositional version of the Brief COPE. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) determined construct validity. Cronbach's alpha examined the reliability of resulting domains. Exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) was employed to identify coping domains and criterion-related validity was assessed by examining the relationship of the domains with substance use measures (alcohol, cannabis, and drug use).
CFA replicated the original 14-factor structure. ESEM identified 3 second-order domains with acceptable fit (chi-square [χ] = 905.81; degrees of freedom [d] = 334, < .001; comparative fit index [CFI] = 0.90; root mean square error of approximation = 0.06; 90% confidence interval = 0.05-0.06; and standardized root mean residual = 0.08). The 3 second-order domains demonstrated good reliability: adaptive (ω = 0.84), support (ω = 0.85), and disengaged coping (ω = 0.84). Disengaged coping exhibited the strongest correlations with substance use outcomes.
Findings provide evidence to support the reliability and validity of the Brief COPE and validates its use with SM persons.
Brief COPE 是一种广泛使用的应对工具，但关于其在测量性少数群体（SM）人群应对方式方面的能力的研究却很少。
本研究旨在确定 Brief COPE 的心理测量特性，并确定 SM 个体样本中的应对领域。
在美国对 530 名 SM 个体进行了在线调查。参与者完成了Brief COPE 的特质版本。验证性因子分析（CFA）确定了结构效度。克朗巴赫的 alpha 检验了产生的领域的可靠性。探索性结构方程建模（ESEM）用于确定应对领域，并通过检查与物质使用措施（酒精、大麻和药物使用）的关系来评估效标关联效度。
CFA 复制了最初的 14 因素结构。ESEM 确定了 3 个二阶领域，具有可接受的拟合度（卡方[χ]²=905.81；自由度[d]=334，<.001；比较拟合指数[CFI]=0.90；均方根误差近似值[RMSEA]=0.06；90%置信区间[CI]=0.05-0.06；和标准化均方根残差[SRMR]=0.08）。这 3 个二阶领域表现出良好的可靠性：适应性（ω=0.84）、支持性（ω=0.85）和脱卸应对（ω=0.84）。脱卸应对与物质使用结果的相关性最强。
研究结果为 Brief COPE 的可靠性和有效性提供了证据，并验证了其在 SM 人群中的使用。
