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Abstract
Coping Intelligence is defined as efficient individual ways of managing life stress. This paper presents a new assessment instrument named Coping IQ (CIQ; Coping Intelligence Questionnaire). A measure is based on the Multidimensional Positive Coping Model, which includes three cross-cutting parameters that characterize coping strategy as efficient or inefficient, emotional, cognitive or behavioral, and active or passive. Results of the factor analysis verified a basic two-factor structure of the Coping Intelligence with the alternative solutions for efficient and inefficient coping strategies characterized via three basic modalities. The validity of the Coping IQ instrument showed an internal consistency ranging from 0.72 to 0.81. The unified methodology that underlies the new concept of Coping Intelligence, as well as Coping IQ assessment, is applicable for studying both clinical and general populations. CIQ parameters might serve as useful feedback while assessing changes in individual coping repertoire, for CIQ measures strategies that can be modified as a result of life experiences or educational training. Based on the study findings, Coping Intelligence is further defined by a broad repertoire of life skills required to solve successfully everyday stress and life adversities in order to achieve desired goals and maintain physical, mental, and social well-being.Entities:
Keywords: coping IQ; coping Intelligence; efficient and inefficient coping; life difficulties; life satisfaction; multidimensional positive coping model; temperament
Year: 2017 PMID: 28316579 PMCID: PMC5334319 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00302
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Psychol ISSN: 1664-1078
Coping IQ (CIQ) scales reliability via Cronbach alphas.
| CIQ Scales | CIQ item sample | Mean | α | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inefficient cognitive | Get caught up in thinking about insignificant details | 2.62 | 0.55 | 0.75 |
| Inefficient emotional | Feel that I will never get over it | 2.36 | 0.57 | 0.76 |
| Inefficient behavioral | Do anything but the task at hand | 2.10 | 0.51 | 0.72 |
| Efficient cognitive | Break up the complex problem into simple manageable components | 3.67 | 0.55 | 0.78 |
| Efficient emotional | Use my desires and interests as direction where I want to go in solving the difficulty | 3.61 | 0.59 | 0.81 |
| Efficient behavioral | Work through the difficulties until the situation is completely resolved | 3.63 | 0.52 | 0.80 |
Age differences in efficient and inefficient coping.
| Scale | Group | Mean | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inefficient emotional | 2.54 | 0.73 | 7.02 | 0.009 | |
| 2.39 | 0.47 | ||||
| Efficient cognitive | 3.47 | 0.67 | 5.04 | 0.028 | |
| 3.71 | 0.45 | ||||
| Inefficient active scales | 2.53 | 0.55 | 6.56 | 0.013 | |
| 2.46 | 0.38 | ||||
| Inefficient passive scales | 2.49 | 0.58 | 8.90 | 0.004 | |
| 2.41 | 0.43 | ||||
| Efficient active scales | 3.47 | 0.66 | 4.41 | 0.040 | |
| 3.69 | 0.41 | ||||
| Coping intelligence quotation | 1.44 | 0.43 | 8.71 | 0.004 | |
| 1.53 | 0.25 |
Correlations between coping strategies, subjective life satisfaction, and temperament.
| Parameter | InCoSc | InEmSc | InBhSc | EfEmSc | EfBhSc | Inefficient coping | Efficient coping | Coping quotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S5 | -0.37ˆ** | -0.28ˆ* | -0.33ˆ** | |||||
| S11 | -0.36ˆ** | -0.30ˆ* | ||||||
| IMLO | -0.39ˆ** | -0.26ˆ* | -0.30ˆ* | |||||
| ISR | -0.26ˆ* | -0.45ˆ** | -0.31ˆ** | -0.40ˆ** | ||||
| SEr | -0.26ˆ* | |||||||
| SP | 0.32ˆ* | 0.29ˆ* | 0.31ˆ* | 0.34ˆ* | ||||
| T | -0.26ˆ* | -0.26ˆ* | ||||||
| ST | -0.27ˆ* | -0.29ˆ* | -0.30ˆ* | |||||
| Em | 0.29ˆ* | 0.27ˆ* | 0.26ˆ* | 0.31ˆ* | ||||
| SEm | 0.38ˆ** | 0.48ˆ** | 0.36ˆ** | 0.47ˆ** | -0.36ˆ** | |||
| ISAct | -0.43ˆ** | -0.30ˆ* | -0.32ˆ* | -0.40ˆ** | 0.35ˆ** |