A comparison of multi-item Likert and Visual Analogue Scales for the assessment of transactionally defined coping function
A comparison of multi-item Likert and Visual Analogue Scales for the assessment of transactionally defined coping function
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DOI：
10.1027/1015-5759.20.1.49
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
van Wersch, A
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作者：
Flynn, D;van Schaik, P;van Wersch, A
对旨在缓解心理社会压力的干预措施的评价和监测在很大程度上依赖于对应对的主观评估，将其作为主要的结果衡量标准。用于测量应对变量的不同响应格式的优点和缺点是未经探索的，但可以说，响应格式是一个非常重要的方法学问题的临床应用和评估的心理社会干预。本研究在Ferguson和考克斯（1997）开发的应对功能维度（FDC）量表的框架内，采用多项目7点Likert量表（LS）和65 mm视觉焦虑量表（VAS），比较了功能性应对和事务性应对的水平。LS产生了显着更高水平的功能应对所有四个分量表，并捕获了更广泛的交易应对模式的方法，情绪和回避应对功能，比VAS。作者建议在FDC框架内使用LS对事务定义的应对功能进行基线评估。
The evaluation and monitoring of interventions that are designed to alleviate psychosocial stress rely largely on subjective assessments of coping as primary outcome measures. The pros and cons of different response formats used to measure coping variables are unexplored; yet arguably, response format is a very important methodological issue for the clinical application and evaluation of psychosocial interventions. This study compared the levels of functional coping and transactional coping patterns assessed with multi-item 7-point Likert Scales (LS) and 65 mm Visual Analogue Scales (VAS), within the framework of the Functional Dimensions of Coping (FDC) Scale developed by Ferguson and Cox, 1997. LS yielded significantly higher levels of functional coping for all four subscales, and captured a wider range of transactional coping patterns for the approach, emotion, and avoidance coping functions, than VAS. The authors recommend the use of LS for baseline assessments of transactionally defined coping function within the FDC framework.