A preliminary validation of the Brief COPE instrument for assessing coping strategies among people living with HIV in China

作     者：Xiao-you Su Joseph TF Lau Winnie WS Mak KC Choi Tie-jian Feng Xi Chen Chu-liang Liu Jun Liu De Liu Lin Chen Jun-min Song Yan Zhang Guang-lu Zhao Zhang-ping Zhu Jin-quan Cheng 

作者机构：Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences&Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina JC School of Public Health and Primary CareThe Chinese University of Hong KongCUHK Shenzhen Research InstituteShenzhenChina Department of PsychologyThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina. Shenzhen Chronic Disease HospitalShenzhenChina Hunan Province CDCHengyangChina Hengyang City CDCHengyangHunan ProvinceChina The 5th HospitalHengyangHunan ProvinceChina Shenzhen CDCShenzhenChina The 3rd HospitalHengyangHunan ProvinceChina 

出 版 物：《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》 (贫困所致传染病（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第4卷第1期

页      面：334-343页

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学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：People living with HIV Brief COPE Confirmatory factor analysis Explanatory factor analysis Perceived Social Support Scale Perceived Discrimination Scale for PLWH China 

摘      要：Background:The Brief COPE instrument has been utilized to conduct research on various populations,including people living with HIV(PLWH).However,the questionnaire constructs when applied to PLWH have not been subjected to thorough factor ***:A total of 258 PLWH were recruited from two provinces of *** answered questions involving the scales of three instruments:the Brief COPE,the Perceived Social Support Scale,and the Perceived Discrimination Scale for *** factor analysis(CFA)and exploratory factor analysis(EFA)were ***:The CFA found a poor goodness of fit to the *** subsequent EFA identified six preliminary factors,forming subscales with Cronbach’s alphas,which ranged from 0.61 to *** correlation coefficients between the subscales and measures of perceived social support and perceived discrimination were reported,giving preliminary support to the validity of the new empirical factor ***:This study showed that the original factor structure of the Brief COPE instrument,when applied to PLWH in China,did not fit the ***,the Brief COPE should be applied to various populations and cultures with *** new factor structure established by the EFA is only preliminary and requires further validation.