Abstract
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to carry out the Turkish adaptation of Coping Scale for Children and Youth (CSCY) and study its psychometric properties among Turkish adolescents.
Method:
Participants were 699 high school students in total, that had been attending 9th to 12th grade. Confi rmatory factor analysis and multi-group confi rmatory factor analysis were employed to examine construct validity of the scale. As for testing the scale reliability,, composite reliability, Cronbach’s alpha coeffi cient, and test-retest values were computed.
Results:
Results of the confi rmatory factor analysis supported four factor solutions, similar to that of the original instrument and the model had acceptable fi t values. Cross validation/measurement invariance was maintained for the scale, regarding gender. Test-retest reliability studies yielded correlation values between .32 and .67. Cronbach’s alpha coeffi cient values were found as .68 for assistance seeking; .79 for problem solving; .39 for behavioral avoidance; and .82 for cognitive avoidance.. Finally, composite reliability values were measured between .44 and .81.
Discussion:
Findings of this study suggest Coping Scale for Children and Youth-CSCY could be used as a valid and reliable instrument to assess coping strategies of Turkish adolescents.
Keywords: Coping, children, adolescents, validity, reliability, measurement invariance
