Shaista Irshad, Sadia Saleem, Zahid Mahmood.
“Coping strategies of university students: A Validation Study”.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;12(1):08-13.

Objective: The current study was an exploratory study aimed to develop an indigenous tool for assessing coping among university students and to identify the experience, expression and manifestation of coping. Place and duration of study: Study was conducted in a public university of Lahore within the duration of one year from September 2011to August 2012. Subjects and Methods: This study was carried out in series of four phases. Initially, the phenomenon of coping was explored from 30 university students (15 girls and 15 boys) of BS / BA (Hons) through semi structured interviews that resulted into 72 items. After collecting, arranging and excluding the repetitions a list of 68 items converted into self report measure and was given to 30 university students for testing the layout. After the minor linguistic modifications a list of 68 items converted into a self report measure named as Coping Scale for University Students (CSUS) and was given to 444 university students (22% Males, 78% Females) along with a demographic Performa and Brief Cope Scale (BCS) for concurrent validity. Results: The Principal Component Factor Analysis through Varimax rotation yielded a five factors solution of items namely Solution focused coping, Emotional focused coping, Avoidance coping, Seeking help coping and Spirituality coping. Conclusion: The newly developed scale (CSUS) was found to have sound psychometric properties and results were also discussed in terms of cultural and intervention implications.

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