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30-Item Coping Style Questionnaire

The 30-item Coping Style Questionnaire measures three coping styles: task focused coping, emotion focused coping, and avoidant coping. It contains 30 items answered on a four-point scale regarding tendencies when dealing with problems or difficult situations. The questionnaire measures tendencies to take action, seek support, let emotions out, pretend problems haven't occurred, or ignore problems.

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30-Item Coping Style Questionnaire

The 30-item Coping Style Questionnaire measures three coping styles: task focused coping, emotion focused coping, and avoidant coping. It contains 30 items answered on a four-point scale regarding tendencies when dealing with problems or difficult situations. The questionnaire measures tendencies to take action, seek support, let emotions out, pretend problems haven't occurred, or ignore problems.

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30-item Coping Style Questionnaire

PsycTESTSCitation: Joseph,S.,Williams,R.,&Yule,W.(1992).30-itemCopingStyleQuestionnaire[Databaserecord].Retrievedfrom PsycTESTS.doi:10.1037/t14068-000 TestShown:Full TestFormat: Eachitemisaskedforusingadispositionalformat,andansweredonafour-pointscalerangingfrom"Iusuallydon't dothisatall"to"Iusuallydothisalot". Source: Joseph,SteveA.,Williams,Ruth,&Yule,William.(1992).Crisissupport,attributionalstyle,copingstyle,and post-traumaticsymptoms.PersonalityandIndividualDifferences,Vol13(11),1249-1251.doi: 10.1016/0191-8869(92)90262-N,1992byElsevier.ReproducedbyPermissionofElsevier. Permissions: Testcontentmaybereproducedandusedfornon-commercialresearchandeducationalpurposeswithoutseeking writtenpermission.Distributionmustbecontrolled,meaningonlytotheparticipantsengagedintheresearchor enrolledintheeducationalactivity.Anyothertypeofreproductionordistributionoftestcontentisnotauthorized withoutwrittenpermissionfromtheauthorandpublisher.

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doi: 10.1037/t14068-000

30-item Coping Style Questionnaire Items Task focused coping 1. I concentrate my efforts on doing something about it. 2. I take additional action to try to get rid of the problem. 3. I make a plan of action. 4. I try to come up with a strategy about what to do. 5. I focus on dealing with this problem, and if necessary let other things slide a little. 6. I put aside other activities in order to concentrate on this. 7. I hold off doing anything about it until the situation permits. 8. I force myself to wait for the right time to do something. 9. I try to get advice from someone about what to do. 10. I ask people who have had similar experiences what they did. Emotion focused coping 1. I put my trust in God. 2. I seek Gods help. 3. I get upset and let my emotions out. 4. I let my feelings out. 5. I make jokes about it. 6. I try to get emotional support from friends and relatives. 7. I talk to someone about how I feel. 8. I try to see it in a different light, to make it seem more positive. 9. I look for something good in what is happening. 10. I learn to live with it. Avoidant coping 1. I refuse to believe that it happened. 2. I pretend that it hasnt really happened. 3. I use alcohol or drugs to make myself feel better. 4. I try to lose myself for a while by drinking alcohol or taking drugs. 5. I keep others from knowing how bad things are. 6. I wish that the situation would go away or somehow be over with. 7. I make light of the situation, I refuse to get too serious about it. 8. I go on as if nothing had happened. 9. I turn to work or other substitute activities to take my mind off things. 10. I try to keep my feelings to myself.

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