A Preliminary Validation of the Brief COPE Inventory for Assessing Coping Strategies among Pakistani House Job Doctors

Authors

  • Dr Yousaf Jamal Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Effat University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Dr Faiqa Yaseen Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-243X
  • Dr Mohammad Khalid Assistant Professor, Department of General Education, Effat University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52053/jpap.v3i2.108

Keywords:

Coping Skills, Factor Analysis, Health Care Professionals, Reliability, Validity

Abstract

Health care is one of the most challenging professions associated with several challenges and issues leading the doctors and nurses towards several mental health issues which make it necessary to explore coping strategies and skills that help the professionals in overcoming their mental health issues. As a result, the present study was conducted on a sample of Pakistani house-job doctors to validate the Coping Orientation to Problem Experienced (COPE) scale. A sample of 315 house-job doctors (men = 60%, women = 40%) employed in various hospitals of Lahore was recruited through purposive sampling method. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used at first to confirm Carver's factor structure, which resulted in poor fit. As a result, the structure of coping factor in a Pakistani sample was investigated through an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). Problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, and avoidant coping were discovered to be three-factor solution of COPE. Furthermore, the scale had high psychometric qualities including good reliability and validity.

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2022-06-30

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Jamal , D. Y. ., Yaseen , D. F. ., & Khalid , D. M. . (2022). A Preliminary Validation of the Brief COPE Inventory for Assessing Coping Strategies among Pakistani House Job Doctors. Journal of Professional & Applied Psychology, 3(2), 267–275. https://doi.org/10.52053/jpap.v3i2.108

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