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The Coping Resources Inventory for Stress: A measure of perceived resourcefulness *
Author(s) -
Matheny Kenneth B.,
Aycock David W.,
Curlette William L.,
Junker Gary N.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.10219
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , convergent validity , construct validity , clinical psychology , distress , internal consistency , personality , test validity , psychological distress , psychometrics , developmental psychology , social psychology , anxiety , psychiatry
This article reviews previous studies with the Coping Resources Inventory for Stress (CRIS) and reports the results of a recent convergent/divergent study on six CRIS scales. CRIS scales have high internal consistency and test‐retest reliabilities and appear to be useful in predicting illness, emotional distress, personality type, drug dependency, occupational choice, and life satisfaction. The convergent/divergent sample consisted of 68 graduate student volunteers in a southeastern urban university. Each of the CRIS scales converged with its validating test and diverged from a test that measures a different construct. Results offer considerable support for the construct validity of CRIS scales and suggest that it may be a promising research and clinical instrument for the study of stress coping. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol.