Children's Religious Coping Scale: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties

Authors

  • Miriam Raquel Wachholz Strelhow Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Livia Maria Bedin Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Jorge Castellá Sarriera Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272766201713

Abstract

Religious coping refers to the use of strategies related to religious faith in coping with stressful situations. This study presents the adaptation of the Children's Religious Coping scale (CRC) for Brazilian children and verifies its psychometric properties. Participants are 1,612 children (54.71% girls) between 8 and 13 years old (M = 10.19, SD = 1.47). Principal component and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the CRC was composed of two dimensions: Positive Religious Coping, with 17 items in three factors (Belief in God's support, Seeking the religious institution, Intercession), and Negative Religious Coping, consisting of 11 items in three factors (Dissatisfaction with God or others, Negative reappraisal of meaning, Punishing reappraisal). The instrument showed adequate reliability, multigroup confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the items factor weights are similar by sex. The scale showed good fit indices for this sample, demonstrating that it can be a promising instrument for future research.

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Published

2017-04-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 66 (2017)

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How to Cite

Strelhow, M. R. W., Bedin, L. M., & Sarriera, J. C. (2017). Children’s Religious Coping Scale: Adaptation and Psychometric Properties . Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 27(66), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272766201713