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CISS-21

Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS-21)

Measuring: Measure human coping with adversity under three or four factors; Task-oriented coping, Emotion-oriented coping, Avoidant coping (3-factor) or Avoidant-distracted coping, and Avoidant social coping. (4-factor)

Number of Items: 21

Item Question Wording TILDA Variable
1 Take some time off and get away from the situation. SCQCISS1
2 Focus on the problem and see how I can solve it. SCQCISS2
3 Blame myself for having gotten into this situation. SCQCISS3
4 Treat myself to a favourite food or snack. SCQCISS4
5 Feel anxious about not being able to cope. SCQCISS5
6 Think about how I solved similar problems. SCQCISS6
7 Visit a friend. SCQCISS7
8 Determine a course of action and follow it. SCQCISS8
9 Buy myself something. SCQCISS9
10 Blame myself for being too emotional about the situation. SCQCISS10
11 Work to understand the situation. SCQCISS11
12 Become very upset. SCQCISS12
13 Take corrective action immediately. SCQCISS13
14 Blame myself for not knowing what to do. SCQCISS14
15 Spend time with a special person. SCQCISS15
16 Think about the event and learn from my mistakes. SCQCISS16
17 Wish that I could change what had happened or how I felt. SCQCISS17
18 Go out for a snack or meal. SCQCISS18
19 Analyse my problem before reacting. SCQCISS19
20 Focus on my general inadequacies. SCQCISS20
21 Phone a friend. SCQCISS21

Scoring Method:

5-point Likert scale.

1 = Not at all

To

5 = Very Much

  • There are 3 subscales generated from this scale;
  • Task-oriented coping (Item 2, item 6, item 8, item 11, item 13, item 16, item 19)

  • Emotion-oriented coping (Item 3, item 5, item 10, item 12, item 14, item 17, item 20)

  • Avoidance-oriented coping (Item 1, item 4, item 7, item 9, item 15, item 18, item 21)

  • Score are cumulated within each subscale, with higher scores indicating a greater use of that particular coping strategy.

  • The scores of each subscale range from 7 (minimum) to 35 (maximum).

Code:

gen task = (SCQCISS2 + SCQCISS6 + SCQCISS8 + SCQCISS11 + SCQCISS13 + SCQCISS16 + SCQCISS19)

gen emotion = (SCQCISS3 + SCQCISS5 + SCQCISS10 + SCQCISS12 + SCQCISS14 + SCQCISS17 + SCQCISS20)

gen avoidance = (SCQCISS1 + SCQCISS4 + SCQCISS7 + SCQCISS9 + SCQCISS15 + SCQCISS18 + SCQCISS21

Citation: - Endler, N. S., & Parker, J. D. A. (1999). Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations–Short Form (CISS-SF). APA PsycTests. - Endler, N., & Parker, J. D. (1990). Coping inventory for stressful situations.

Code

  • Stata
  • R
  • SPSS
foreach var of varlist SCQCISS* { 
    recode `var' (-99 -812 -823 -834 -845 =.), gen(R`var')
}


gen CISStaskorient = (RSCQCISS2 + RSCQCISS6 + RSCQCISS8 + RSCQCISS11 + RSCQCISS13 + RSCQCISS16 + RSCQCISS19)
gen CISSemotionorient = (RSCQCISS3 + RSCQCISS5 + RSCQCISS10 + RSCQCISS12 + RSCQCISS14 + RSCQCISS17 + RSCQCISS20)
gen CISSavoidance = (RSCQCISS1 + RSCQCISS4 + RSCQCISS7 + RSCQCISS9 + RSCQCISS15 + RSCQCISS18 + RSCQCISS21)


lab var CISStaskorient "CISS-SF: Task-orient style coping"
lab var CISSemotionorient "CISS-SF: Emotion-orient style coping"
lab var CISSavoidance "CISS-SF: Avoidance style coping"

drop RSCQCISS*

Download Stata .do file

ciss_items <- paste0("SCQCISS", 1:21)
special_missing <- c(-99, -812, -823, -834, -845)

for (v in ciss_items) {
  rv <- paste0("R", v)
  data[[rv]] <- data[[v]]
  data[[rv]][data[[rv]] %in% special_missing] <- NA_real_
}

data$CISStaskorient <-
  data$RSCQCISS2 + data$RSCQCISS6 + data$RSCQCISS8 +
  data$RSCQCISS11 + data$RSCQCISS13 + data$RSCQCISS16 + data$RSCQCISS19

data$CISSemotionorient <-
  data$RSCQCISS3 + data$RSCQCISS5 + data$RSCQCISS10 +
  data$RSCQCISS12 + data$RSCQCISS14 + data$RSCQCISS17 + data$RSCQCISS20

data$CISSavoidance <-
  data$RSCQCISS1 + data$RSCQCISS4 + data$RSCQCISS7 +
  data$RSCQCISS9 + data$RSCQCISS15 + data$RSCQCISS18 + data$RSCQCISS21

attr(data$CISStaskorient, "label") <- "CISS-SF: Task-orient style coping"
attr(data$CISSemotionorient, "label") <- "CISS-SF: Emotion-orient style coping"
attr(data$CISSavoidance, "label") <- "CISS-SF: Avoidance style coping"

data[paste0("R", ciss_items)] <- NULL

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* Create recoded copies of the 21 CISS items.
DO REPEAT v = SCQCISS1 SCQCISS2 SCQCISS3 SCQCISS4 SCQCISS5 SCQCISS6 SCQCISS7 SCQCISS8 SCQCISS9 SCQCISS10 SCQCISS11 SCQCISS12 SCQCISS13 SCQCISS14 SCQCISS15 SCQCISS16 SCQCISS17 SCQCISS18 SCQCISS19 SCQCISS20 SCQCISS21
 /r = RSCQCISS1 RSCQCISS2 RSCQCISS3 RSCQCISS4 RSCQCISS5 RSCQCISS6 RSCQCISS7 RSCQCISS8 RSCQCISS9 RSCQCISS10 RSCQCISS11 RSCQCISS12 RSCQCISS13 RSCQCISS14 RSCQCISS15 RSCQCISS16 RSCQCISS17 RSCQCISS18 RSCQCISS19 RSCQCISS20 RSCQCISS21.
  COMPUTE r = v.
  RECODE r (-99 = SYSMIS) (-812 = SYSMIS) (-823 = SYSMIS)
           (-834 = SYSMIS) (-845 = SYSMIS).
END REPEAT.

COMPUTE CISStaskorient =
  RSCQCISS2 + RSCQCISS6 + RSCQCISS8 + RSCQCISS11 +
  RSCQCISS13 + RSCQCISS16 + RSCQCISS19.

COMPUTE CISSemotionorient =
  RSCQCISS3 + RSCQCISS5 + RSCQCISS10 + RSCQCISS12 +
  RSCQCISS14 + RSCQCISS17 + RSCQCISS20.

COMPUTE CISSavoidance =
  RSCQCISS1 + RSCQCISS4 + RSCQCISS7 + RSCQCISS9 +
  RSCQCISS15 + RSCQCISS18 + RSCQCISS21.

VARIABLE LABELS
  CISStaskorient "CISS-SF: Task-orient style coping"
  CISSemotionorient "CISS-SF: Emotion-orient style coping"
  CISSavoidance "CISS-SF: Avoidance style coping".

DELETE VARIABLES RSCQCISS1 RSCQCISS2 RSCQCISS3 RSCQCISS4 RSCQCISS5 RSCQCISS6 RSCQCISS7 RSCQCISS8 RSCQCISS9 RSCQCISS10 RSCQCISS11 RSCQCISS12 RSCQCISS13 RSCQCISS14 RSCQCISS15 RSCQCISS16 RSCQCISS17 RSCQCISS18 RSCQCISS19 RSCQCISS20 RSCQCISS21.

EXECUTE.

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