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Psychometric properties of a hurricane coping self‐efficacy measure
Author(s) -
Benight Charles C.,
Ironson Gail,
Durham Robert L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/a:1024792913301
Subject(s) - optimism , psychology , coping (psychology) , distress , clinical psychology , social support , multilevel model , psychometrics , explained variation , internal consistency , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
This brief report describes the psychometric properties of an instrument designed to measure Hurricane Coping Self‐Efficacy (HCSE). Survivors of Hurricane Andrew (n = 165) and Hurricane Opal (n = 63) completed the HCSE and assessments of optimism, social support, distress, and resource loss. Principal components factor analyses revealed a unidimensional structure for the HCSE. Internal consistency of the HCSE was strong. In both samples, HCSE was positively associated with optimism and social support, but negatively associated with general psychological distress, trauma related distress, and resource loss. Finally, hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that the HCSE explained a significant amount of experimental variance for intrusive thoughts and avoidance after controlling for social support, lost resources, and optimism.