Psychometric Properties of the Brief COPE Among Pregnant African American Women
Recommended Citation
Peters RM, Solberg MA, Templin TN, and Cassidy-Bushrow AE. Psychometric Properties of the Brief COPE Among Pregnant African American Women. West J Nurs Res 2020.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-26-2020
Publication Title
Western journal of nursing research
Keywords
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Black or African American/statistics & numerical data, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Social Support, Surveys and Questionnaires, African American, Brief COPE, psychometric properties
Abstract
This paper describes the assessment of the psychometric properties of the Brief COPE in a sample of 189 pregnant African-American women. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested the original 14-factor model, and exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) determined whether a reduced number of factors still accounted for inter-item covariances. The CFA replicated 13 of the 14 original factors. After deleting substance use items and allowing for correlated error across the support factors, the 13-factor model achieved an acceptable fit (CMIN/
Medical Subject Headings
Adaptation; Psychological; Adult; Black or African American/statistics & numerical data; Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Social Support; Surveys and Questionnaires; African American; Brief COPE; psychometric properties
PubMed ID
32100645
ePublication
ePub ahead of print
Volume
42
Issue
11
First Page
927
Last Page
936
