Development of the Coping Flexibility Scale: Evidence for the Coping Flexibility Hypothesis
Development of the Coping Flexibility Scale: Evidence for the Coping Flexibility Hypothesis
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DOI：
10.1037/a0027770
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发表时间：
2012-04-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Kato, Tsukasa
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作者：
Kato, Tsukasa
应对灵活性被定义为停止无效应对策略的能力（即，评估应对）并产生和实施替代应对策略（即，适应性应对）。应对灵活性量表（CFS）就是在这个定义的基础上发展起来的。五项研究涉及约4,400名日本大学生和员工，以验证灵活应对产生更多适应性结果的假设。研究I，2和3提供了证据的CFS分数的可靠性，以及其收敛和判别效度的日本样本。研究4进一步表明，灵活应对与改善心理健康呈正相关，包括减少抑郁，焦虑和痛苦。在研究5中，应对灵活性的CFS测量与减少未来的抑郁症，即使在控制了其他应对灵活性措施和流行的应对策略的影响。总体而言，这些结果表明，一个有效的方法来评估应对灵活性已经开发和灵活的应对可以有助于心理健康。这些研究结果对临床实践的影响进行了讨论。
Coping flexibility was defined as the ability to discontinue an ineffective coping strategy (i.e., evaluation coping) and produce and implement an alternative coping strategy (i.e., adaptive coping). The Coping Flexibility Scale (CFS) was developed on the basis of this definition. Five studies involving approximately 4,400 Japanese college students and employees were conducted to test the hypothesis that flexible coping produces more adaptive outcomes. Studies I, 2, and 3 provided evidence of the reliability of the CFS scores as well as of its convergent and discriminant validity for Japanese samples. Study 4 further demonstrated that flexible coping was positively associated with improved psychological health, including reduced depression, anxiety, and distress. In Study 5, coping flexibility as measured by the CFS was associated with reduced future depression, even after controlling for the effects of other coping flexibility measures and popular coping strategies. Overall, these results suggest that a valid approach for assessing coping flexibility has been developed and that flexible coping can contribute to psychological health. The implications of these findings for clinical practice are discussed.