Validation of the Scale of Styles and Strategies for Coping with Stress in a Colombian sample
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Abstract
The objective of the research was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Fernández - Abascal (1997) Stress Coping Styles and Strategies test in a Colombian sample. 786 university students participated, with a mean age of 21 years. The reliability of the test with 72 items and 18 components was .835 with a level of explanation of the variance of 61.017%. Three of the components obtained a Cronbach's alpha greater than .7: Positive reappraisal, Mental disconnection and Social emotional support. Through exploratory factor analysis, the test was left with 18 items and four components. The first factor, Positive reevaluation, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.864. The second, called Social support, with a Cronbach's alpha of .881. The third factor, cognitive disconnection, with a Cronbach's alpha of .753. The fourth factor, Solve the problem, with a Cronbach's alpha of .634. The reliability of the definitive test was .764, with a variance explanation level of 62.04%. Conclusions: the components that emerged in the test identify the central strategies to cope with stress: facing it, avoiding it and tolerating it. Although its components are reduced, each of the four factors integrates two of those originally named by the author.