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Brief COPE

The document is a brief COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) questionnaire designed to assess individual coping behaviors when faced with problems. Respondents rate their engagement in various coping strategies on a scale from 1 (don’t do this at all) to 4 (do this a lot). The items include a range of responses from acceptance and seeking support to avoidance and self-blame.

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Brief COPE

The document is a brief COPE (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) questionnaire designed to assess individual coping behaviors when faced with problems. Respondents rate their engagement in various coping strategies on a scale from 1 (don’t do this at all) to 4 (do this a lot). The items include a range of responses from acceptance and seeking support to avoidance and self-blame.

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Brief COPE

Instructions: Indicate the extent to which you engage in each of the following behaviors
when faced with problems. Write the number in the space provided that best corresponds
to your answer, using the scale below:

1 2 3 4
Don’t do this at all Do this a lot

____1. I concentrate my efforts on doing something about the situation I’m in.
____ 2. I try to see it in a different light, to make it seem more positive.
____ 3. I accept the reality of the fact that it has happened.
____ 4. I try to come up with a strategy about what to do.
____ 5. I make jokes about it.
____ 6. I try to find comfort in my religion or spiritual beliefs.
____ 7. I seek emotional support from others.
____ 8. I try to get advice or help from other people about what to do.
____ 9. I turn to work or other activities to take my mind off things.
____ 10. I say to myself “this isn’t real.”
____ 11. I say things to let my unpleasant feelings escape.
____ 12. I use alcohol or other drugs to make myself feel better.
____ 13. I give up trying to deal with it.
____ 14. I criticize myself.
____ 15. I take action to try to make the situation better.
____ 16. I think hard about what steps to take.
____ 17. I look for something good in what is happening.
____ 18. I learn to live with it.
____ 19. I make fun of the situation.
____ 20. I pray or meditate.
____ 21. I seek comfort and understanding from someone.
____ 22. I get help and advice from other people.
____ 23. I do something to think about it less, such as going to movies, watching TV,
reading, daydreaming, sleeping or shopping.
____ 24. I refuse to believe that it has happened.
____ 25. I express my negative feelings.
____ 26. I use alcohol or other drugs to help me get through it.
____ 27. I give up on the attempt to cope.
____ 28. I blame myself for things that happened.

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