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In the next questions you are asked about different ways you cope in difficult or stressful
situations. In life, stressful situations occur every now and then. Try to think of a situation in
your life that was really stressful to you (it can be something that has happened in your
family, at school, your friendships or relations with other people, your health, or just
anything), and then circle a number below to show how often you have used each of the
following ways to cope with this stressful situation.
Please make sure you answer ALL QUESTIONS, but only circle ONE NUMBER for
EACH QUESTION.
Sveinbjornsdottir, S., Thorsteinsson, E. B., & Lingam, G. I. (2017). Model fit and
comparisons for the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS): Fiji, Iceland, and
Australia. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 11, e12. doi:10.1017/prp.2017.20
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RELIABILITY
/VARIABLES=MACS09 MACS11 MACS13 MACS14 MACS17 MACS24 MACS27 MACS28
/SCALE('STOISISM') ALL
/MODEL=ALPHA
/STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE SCALE
/SUMMARY=TOTAL.
RELIABILITY
/VARIALES=MACS03 MACS10 MACS16 MACS22 MACS23 MACS26
/SCALE('ACTING OUT') ALL
/MODEL=ALPHA
/STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE SCALE
/SUMMARY=TOTAL.
RELIABILITY
/VARIABLES=MACS05 MACS07 MACS18 MACS31 MACS32 MACS33
/SCALE('RUMINATION') ALL
/MODEL=ALPHA
/STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE SCALE
/SUMMARY=TOTAL.
RELIABILITY
/VARIABLES=MACS02 MACS06 MACS08 MACS19 MACS25 MACS30 MACS34
/SCALE('SEEKING SOCIAL SUPPORT') ALL
/MODEL=ALPHA
/STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE SCALE
/SUMMARY=TOTAL.
RELIABILITY
/VARIABLES=MACS01 MACS04 MACS12 MACS15 MACS20 MACS21 MACS29
/SCALE('SELF CARE') ALL
/MODEL=ALPHA
/STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVE SCALE
/SUMMARY=TOTAL.