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Prepublication draft of a psychological assessment instrument presenting the structure, administration, scoring, and psychometric properties of the KidCOPE checklist for evaluating coping strategies in children and adolescents.
Author: Anthony Spirito
Instrument Name: KidCOPE
Year: 1988
Type of Document: Psychological assessment instrument description and checklist
Purpose: To screen cognitive and behavioral coping in children and adolescents
Target Population: Children and adolescents ages 7–18
Versions: Child version (ages 7–12); Adolescent version (ages 13–18)
Number of Items: 15 (child version); 11 (adolescent version)
Response Format: Dichotomous scale (yes/no) for children; 4-point Likert-type scale for adolescents
Administration: Interviewer-administered for younger children; self-administered or interviewer-assisted for older children
Completion Time: 5–7 minutes
Scoring: Two subscales (frequency and efficacy), summed across 11 items; special scoring rule for item 7a/7b
Reliability: Short-term temporal stability supported; reduced stability over longer intervals
Validity: Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity; mixed results in factor structure analyses
Norms/Reference Standards: No specific cut-off scores or population norms available
Original Development Context: Pediatric populations with chronic illness
Adaptations: Used with populations coping with HIV, war, natural disasters, accidents, and psychiatric issues
Availability: Public domain; available at no charge
Copyright: © 1988, Anthony Spirito
Price: 8 / 10 USD
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