The coping inventory for stressful situations: Factorial structure and associations with personality traits and psychological health

Principal components analyses on the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS; Endler & Parker, 1990a) were carried out for 730 Scottish doctors and farmers. Endler and Parker's three-factor structure was supported both in the male and female subgroups and in the two occupational groups. Intercorrelations of the CISS factors with personality factors of the NEO-Five Factor Inventory and a self-reported psychological distress scale, the General Health Questionaire-28, provided predictive validity for the CISS in the transactional model of stress.