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Factor Structure of the Farsi Version of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire
Author(s) -
PADYAB MOJGAN,
GHAZINOUR MEHDI,
RICHTER JÖRG
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00928.x
Subject(s) - psychology , coping (psychology) , confirmatory factor analysis , construct validity , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics
Despite burgeoning research on coping with stress and its crucial role on people's psychological and physical well‐being, there is a dearth of psychometrically established instrument for use in Iran to measure coping. A Farsi translation of the Ways of Coping questionnaire (WOC) was administered to 739 participants from Tehran, Iran. The factor structure of the WOC was assessed with both explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses. A 7‐factor structure model with some important similarities and differences to the original version from the United States was confirmed. The Farsi version of WOC was found to have good construct reliability and model fit and has considerable potential to be used in future coping research among Iranian populations.