The Japanese version of the coping orientation to problems experienced: a study of Japanese schoolteachers

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• Personal Author:
  Nakata A ; Otsuka Y ; Suzuki A ; Takada M ; Tomotake S
• Description:
  To investigate the internal consistency reliability and three types of validity of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE), a survey was conducted among 209 English schoolteachers in Japan. The Japanese version of the COPE Inventory was developed through a back-translation process. Cronbach coefficients alpha for the Japanese version were above .70 for all subscales except five, including Acceptance and Restraint, so internal consistencies for these five were insufficient. Goodness of fit indexes for a confirmatory factor analysis were acceptable except for the Comparative Fit Index. Scores on COPE subscales were significantly correlated with scores on other tests (29 of 75 correlations were in the expected directions). Further exploration is required for several subscales and for generalization to Japanese-speaking populations in careers other than teaching to ensure the Japanese version of the COPE will be useful in assessing coping strategies. Given the limitations, present data for Japanese teachers are encouraging. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Coping Skills Education Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Adaptation Analytical-models Analytical-processes Behavioral-tests Coping-behavior Emotional-stress Health-surveys Humans Job-stress Mental-health Psychological-responses Psychological-stress Psychological-testing Stress Teaching

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• ISSN:
  0033-2941
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  395-405
• Volume:
  103
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042937
• Citation:
  Psychol Rep 2008 Oct; 103(2):395-405
• Contact Point Address:
  Yasumasa Otsuka, Ph.D., Hiroshima University Graduate School of Education, 1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8524, Japan
• Email:
  yasumasa-otsuka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Psychological Reports
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d82c899c2418e40ad7bf0e6c62536dfda06fc2c40b2772de9e15cf1b8d4aeadb636759fedb9f2c71060f123424d88da0edcbcefb0e1d49ff539f813b1587c7e8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194996/cdc_194996_DS1.pdf
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