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http://dx.doi.org/10.22683/tsnr.2022.11.3.065

Item-Level Psychometrics of the 12 Items of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale  

Nam, Sanghun (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School, Yonsei University)
Hilton, Claudia L. (Dept. of Nutrition, Metabolism and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch)
Lee, Mi-Jung (Dept. of Rehabilitation Science, University of Texas Medical Branch)
Pritchard, Kevin T. (Dept. of Rehabilitation Science, University of Texas Medical Branch)
Bae, Suyeong (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School, Yonsei University)
Hong, Ickpyo (Dept. of Occupational Therapy, College of Software and Digital Healthcare Convergence, Yonsei University)
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Therapeutic Science for Rehabilitation / v.11, no.3, 2022 , pp. 65-80 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective : This study examined the psychometric properties of the 12-item Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale (COPE) using Rasch analysis. COPE is one of the instruments used to measure stress-coping skills. Methods : The study participants were 480 community-dwelling older adults. We tested the instrument's unidimensionality assumption using principal component analysis (PCA). Item fit was examined using infit-and-outfit mean-square (MnSq) and standardized fit statistics (ZSTD). The precision and item difficulty hierarchies of the instrument were examined. The item-difficulty hierarchy was investigated to identify the easy and difficult items. We tested differential item functioning (DIF) for sex and age groups. Results : PCA revealed that the instrument met the unidimensionality assumption (eigenvalue = 1.78). Among the 12 items, item 2 was removed because of misfit (Infit MnSq = 1.33, Infit ZSTD = 5.05, Outfit MnSq = 1.56, Outfit ZSTD = 7.15). The remaining 11 items demonstrated a conceptual item-difficulty hierarchy. The person strata value was 3.10, which is equivalent to a reliability index value of 0.81. There was no DIF for the sex and age groups (DIF contrast <0.27). Conclusion : The findings indicated that the revised COPE-11 has adequate item-level psychometric properties and can accurately measure stress coping skills.
Keywords
Older adult; Rasch model; Reliability; Stress coping skills; Survey;
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