THE MEASUREMENT OF COPING WITH STRESS - CONSTRUCT-VALIDITY OF THE WAYS OF COPING CHECKLIST AND THE CYBERNETIC COPING SCALE

Though numerous measures of coping have been presented in the literature, procedures used to evaluate the construct validity of these measures are incomplete, and few studies have examined multiple measures using data from the same sample. This study presents a comparative evaluation of the construct validity of the Ways of Coping Checklist (WCCL; Lazarus and Folkman 1984) and the Cybernetic Coping Scale (CCS; Edwards 1991), based on confirmatory factor analyses of data from 116 MBA students. Results provided moderate support for the CCS and weak support for the WCCL. Recommendations for the use of the WCCL and CCS are offered, and procedures for the development of coping measures are discussed.