RT Journal Article
T1 The Brief COPE: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties among Community and At-Risk Portuguese Parents
A1 Nunes, Cristina
A1 Pérez Padilla, Javier
A1 Martins, Cátia
A1 Pechorro, Pedro
A1 Ayala Nunes, Lara
A1 Ferreira, Laura
AB Parenting generally brings about high internal and external demands, which can beperceived as stressful when they exceed families’ resources. When faced with such stressors, parentsneed to deploy several adaptive strategies to successfully overcome these challenges. One of suchstrategies is coping, an important cognitive and behavioural skill. In this study, we intended toexamine the psychometric properties of Carver’s (1997) Brief COPE (Coping Orientation to ProblemsExperienced), extending its cross-cultural validity among a Portuguese sample of community andat-risk parents. The sample comprised community (n = 153) and at-risk (n = 116) parents whocompleted the brief COPE, the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scales and the Parenting StressIndex—Short Form. Confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency, cross sample invariance,convergent and discriminant validity were analysed. Data from the confirmatory factor analysisrevealed that the 14-factor model obtained the best fit. The results provided evidence that the BriefCOPE is a psychometrically sound instrument that shows measurement invariance across samplesand good reliability. Our findings demonstrated that the Portuguese version of brief COPE is auseful, time-efficient tool for both practitioners and researchers who need to assess coping strategies,a relevant construct in family context.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2021
FD 2021-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19863
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/19863
LA eng
NO Nunes, C., Pérez Padilla, J., Martins, C., Pechorro, P., Ayala Nunes, L., & Ferreira, L. (2021). The Brief COPE: Measurement Invariance and Psychometric Properties among Community and At-Risk Portuguese Parents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 2806. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062806
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026