Psychometric Properties of COPE Inventory in a Yemeni Sample

Abstract

This study examines the Psychometric properties and factor structure of the COPE Inventory (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989), in a sample of (175) [87 female and 97 males]. The life span ranged between (19-60) years (mean age = 26.14 ±7.99 years). The results of the study indicated that the COPE Inventory has good validity and reliability coefficients. The exploratory factor analysis resulted in four factors from (41) of (52) items, and it accounted for (% 34.12) of variance. These factors represented avoidance coping strategy, seeking social support strategy, multiple coping strategy, and the strategy of acceptance and resort to religion. In conclusion, this study found a wide variation in the number of factors revealed by factor analysis studies of COPE Inventory, and this variation may be due to cultural variables but not to the scale structure.