Exploring Factors That Affect Score Reliability and Variability: in the Ways of Coping Questionnaire Reliability Coefficients: A Meta-Analytic Reliability Generalization Study

One instrument cited in the literature as an effective measure of approaches to coping is the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WAYS; Folkman & Lazarus, 2005 ). This study is a reliability generalization (RG) study of the WAYS that strives to further distill psychometric properties of the scores gen...

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Published in:Journal of individual differences 2011, Vol.32 (1), p.26-38
Main Authors: Kieffer, Kevin M, MacDonald, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Coping Behavior
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Test Reliability
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Summary:One instrument cited in the literature as an effective measure of approaches to coping is the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WAYS; Folkman & Lazarus, 2005 ). This study is a reliability generalization (RG) study of the WAYS that strives to further distill psychometric properties of the scores generated by this measure. Results from this meta-analytic investigation of 130 previously published research studies indicate that the Confrontive Coping and Distancing subscales generate the most variable reliability coefficients across studies. Regression analyses suggest that the variables type of scoring, sample size, population type, sample source, gender homogeneity, and racial homogeneity were most important in determining reliability estimates on the Seeking Social Support, Escape-Avoidance, Planful Problem Solving, and Positive Reappraisal subscales. Implications for the use of the WAYS are offered.
ISSN:1614-0001
2151-2299
DOI:10.1027/1614-0001/a000031