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Preliminary Development of Coping Style Scale for Middle School Students

Zhen Sheng-shen

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Objective: To develop a coping style scale for middle school students. Methods: According to regional distribution of the Zhejiang province, 1870 middle school students were sampled from 6 cities. The Coping Style Scale was developed for evaluation of its reliability and validity. Results: The Cronbach's α was 0.92;the test-retest reliability was 0.89; the results of factor analysis showed satisfactory construction validity. Conclusion: The Coping Style Scale for Middle School Students attained satisfactory reliability and validity when applied to middle school students.

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Key concepts: Psychology, Coping (psychology), Cronbach's alpha, Scale (ratio), Validity, Test validity, Reliability (semiconductor), Developmental psychology