the brief rcope current psychometric status of a short measure of religious coping简要rcope心理现状的一个简短的宗教应对的措施.pdf

Religions 2011, 2, 51-76; doi:10.3390/rel2010051 OPEN ACCESS religions ISSN 2077-1444 /journal/religions Article The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping Kenneth Pargament *, Margaret Feuille and Donna Burdzy Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kpargam@. Received: 20 December 2010; in revised form: 3 February 2011 / Accepted: 11 February 2011 / Published: 22 February 2011 Abstract: The Brief RCOPE is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors. As the most commonly used measure of religious coping in the literature, it has helped contribute to the growth of knowledge about the roles religion serves in the process of dealing with crisis, trauma, and transition. This paper reports on the development of the Brief RCOPE and its psychometric status. The scale developed out of Pargament’s (1997) program of theory and research on religious coping. The items themselves were generated through interviews with people experiencing major life stressors. Two overarching forms of religious coping, positive and negative, were articulated through factor analysis of the full RCOPE. Positive religious coping methods reflect a secure relationship with a transcendent force, a sense of spiritual connectedness with others, and a benevolent world view. Negative religious coping methods reflect underlying spiritual