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Coping in Parkinson's disease: an examination of the coping inventory for stressful situations
Author(s) -
Hurt C. S.,
Thomas B. A.,
Burn D. J.,
Hindle J. V.,
Landau S.,
Samuel M.,
Wilson K. C. M.,
Brown R. G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.2634
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , psychology , discriminant validity , cronbach's alpha , clinical psychology , convergent validity , confirmatory factor analysis , anxiety , construct validity , avoidance coping , psychometrics , psychiatry , structural equation modeling , internal consistency , statistics , mathematics
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) brings with it a range of stresses and challenges with which a patient must cope. The type of coping strategies employed can impact upon well‐being, although findings from coping studies in PD remain inconsistent. The variety of coping scales used without validation in PD has been cited as a possible cause of this inconsistency. The present study sought to examine the validity of the coping inventory for stressful situations (CISS) in a sample of patients with PD. Methods Five hundred and twenty‐five patients with PD were recruited as part of a longitudinal investigation of mood states in PD. Four hundred and seventy‐one participants completed the CISS. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to explore the structural validity of the scale. Internal reliability, test–retest reliability, convergent validity and discriminant validity were assessed using Cronbach's alpha, intraclass correlations and Pearson's correlations. Results Both three and four factor solutions were examined. The four factor model was found to provide a better fit of the data than the three factor model. The internal reliability, discriminant validity, convergent validity, and test–retest reliability of the CISS scales were shown to be good. Use of emotion‐focused coping was associated with greater depression and anxiety whilst, task‐oriented coping was associated with better psychological well‐being. Conclusion The results provide support for the validity and reliability of the CISS as a measure of coping in patients with PD. Further research into the relationship between coping and well‐being is warranted. The identification of helpful and unhelpful coping strategies may guide the development of evidence‐based therapies to improve well‐being in patients with PD. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.