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The measurement of coping in achievement situations: an international comparison

Heinz Walter KrohneStefan C. SchmukleLawrence R. BurnsBoris EgloffCharles D. Spielberger

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GermanCoping (psychology)PsychometricsGroup analysislanguageTest validityPersonality Assessment InventoryPsychologyCross-cultural studiesSocial psychologyGeneral Psychologylanguage.human_languageConfirmatory factor analysis

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Abstract English and German versions of a newly developed instrument for measuring coping with achievement stressors (the Mainz Coping Inventory — Ego Threat; MCI-E) were presented to samples of American and German students. Equivalence of the two versions was determined by principal component and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The CFA included a multiple group analysis. This analysis was employed to compare factor patterns, loadings, factor variances and covariances across the two samples. In addition, relationships between the coping instrument and tests which are already established in English and German versions (among others, the NEO Five Factors Inventory, the State-Trait Personality Inventory, the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, and the Monitor-Blunter Style Scale) were analyzed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2001-05-01Personality and Individual Differences
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-8869(00)00105-7