Psychometric Properties of the Brief COPE Among Pregnant African American Women

• Published in: Western journal of nursing research 2020-11, Vol.42 (11), p.927-936
• Main Authors: Peters, Rosalind M., Solberg, Marvin A., Templin, Thomas N., Cassidy-Bushrow, Andrea E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: African Americans; Confirmatory factor analysis; Coping; Nursing; Pregnancy; Psychology; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Reliability; Social support; Substance abuse; Women; Womens health
• ISSN: 0193-9459; 1552-8456
• DOI: 10.1177/0193945920907686

This paper describes the assessment of the psychometric properties of the Brief COPE in a sample of 189 pregnant African-American women. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested the original 14-factor model, and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) determined whether a reduced number of factors still accounted for inter-item covariances. The CFA replicated 13 of the 14 original factors. After deleting substance use items and allowing for correlated error across the support factors, the 13-factor model achieved an acceptable fit (CMIN/df = 1.77; RMSEA = 0.06, 95% CI = 0.05–0.07). ESEM resulted in three second-order factors: disengaged, active, and social support coping. Factor items were summed to create subscales with good internal consistency reliability (α = .74–.89). Social support coping and active coping were strongly correlated and accounted for nearly the same variance in four different psychological/affect scales, while disengaged coping was clearly distinct.