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    This document presents the Brief-COPE inventory, which consists of 28 questions that assess different ways people cope with hardships in their lives. Respondents indicate the extent to which they have used each coping style on a 4-point scale from "I haven't been doing this at all" to "I've been doing this a lot." The coping styles include both problem-focused strategies like taking action to solve the problem and emotion-focused strategies like venting negative feelings or using alcohol/drugs. The inventory was designed to be a brief assessment of coping strategies.

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    This document presents the Brief-COPE inventory, which consists of 28 questions that assess different ways people cope with hardships in their lives. Respondents indicate the extent to which they have used each coping style on a 4-point scale from "I haven't been doing this at all" to "I've been doing this a lot." The coping styles include both problem-focused strategies like taking action to solve the problem and emotion-focused strategies like venting negative feelings or using alcohol/drugs. The inventory was designed to be a brief assessment of coping strategies.

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    This document presents the Brief-COPE inventory, which consists of 28 questions that assess different ways people cope with hardships in their lives. Respondents indicate the extent to which they have used each coping style on a 4-point scale from "I haven't been doing this at all" to "I've been doing this a lot." The coping styles include both problem-focused strategies like taking action to solve the problem and emotion-focused strategies like venting negative feelings or using alcohol/drugs. The inventory was designed to be a brief assessment of coping strategies.

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    NovoPsych

    Brief - Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory


    (Brief-COPE)
    Instructions:
    The following questions ask how you have sought to cope with a hardship in your life. Read the statements
    and indicate how much you have been using each coping style.

    I haven't been I’ve been doing


    A little bit A medium amount
    doing this at all this a lot

    I've been turning to work or other activities to take my


    1
    mind off things.
    1 2 3 4

    I've been concentrating my efforts on doing


    2
    something about the situation I'm in.
    1 2 3 4

    3 I've been saying to myself "this isn't real". 1 2 3 4

    I've been using alcohol or other drugs to make myself


    4
    feel better
    1 2 3 4

    5 I've been getting emotional support from others. 1 2 3 4

    6 I've been giving up trying to deal with it. 1 2 3 4

    I've been taking action to try to make the situation


    7
    better.
    1 2 3 4

    8 I've been refusing to believe that it has happened. 1 2 3 4

    I've been saying things to let my unpleasant feelings


    9
    escape.
    1 2 3 4

    10 I’ve been getting help and advice from other people. 1 2 3 4

    I've been using alcohol or other drugs to help me get


    11
    through it.
    1 2 3 4

    I've been trying to see it in a different light, to make it


    12
    seem more positive.
    1 2 3 4

    13 I’ve been criticizing myself. 1 2 3 4

    I've been trying to come up with a strategy about what


    14
    to do.
    1 2 3 4

    I've been getting comfort and understanding from


    15
    someone.
    1 2 3 4

    16 I've been giving up the attempt to cope. 1 2 3 4

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    NovoPsych

    I haven't been I’ve been doing


    A little bit A medium amount
    doing this at all this a lot

    I've been looking for something good in what is


    17
    happening.
    1 2 3 4

    18 I've been making jokes about it. 1 2 3 4


    I've been doing something to think about it less, such as
    19 going to movies, watching TV, reading, daydreaming, 1 2 3 4
    sleeping, or shopping.
    I've been accepting the reality of the fact that it has
    20
    happened.
    1 2 3 4

    21 I've been expressing my negative feelings. 1 2 3 4

    I've been trying to find comfort in my religion or


    22
    spiritual beliefs.
    1 2 3 4

    I’ve been trying to get advice or help from other


    23
    people about what to do.
    1 2 3 4

    24 I've been learning to live with it. 1 2 3 4

    25 I've been thinking hard about what steps to take. 1 2 3 4

    26 I’ve been blaming myself for things that happened 1 2 3 4

    27 I've been praying or meditating 1 2 3 4

    28 I've been making fun of the situation. 1 2 3 4

    Developer Reference:
    Carver, C. S. (1997). You want to measure coping but your protocol’too long: Consider the brief cope.
    International journal of behavioral medicine, 4(1), 92-100.

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