Ji Min Seo; Eun Kyung Byun; Kyung Yeon Park; So Hee Kim

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Development of a Coping Scale for Families of Patients with Schizophrenia: Ji Min Seo, Eun Kyung Byun, Kyung Yeon Park, So Hee Kim; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2012;42(5):738-748.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.5.738
Published online: October 31, 2012

¹College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.

²Department of Nursing, Changshin University, Changwon, Korea.

³Department of Nursing, Silla University, Busan, Korea.

⁴Department of Nursing, Youngsan University, Yangsan, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Byun, Eun Kyung. Department of Nursing, Changshin University, 262 Paryongro, Masanhoewon-gu, Changwon 630-764, Korea. Tel: +82-55-250-3173, Fax: +82-55-250-3170, byunek@csc.ac.kr

• Received: September 5, 2011 • Accepted: September 28, 2012

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a coping scale for families of patients with schizophrenia(CSFPS).
Methods
Item construction was derived from literature reviews and interviews with family members and psychiatric nurses. Content validity was tested by experts. Each item was scored on a four-point Likert scale. The preliminary questionnaire was administered to 188 family members of patients with schizophrenia. The data were analyzed using item analysis, factor analysis, Pearson correlation coefficients, and Cronbach's alpha.
Results
From the factor analysis, 32 items in five factors were derived. The factors were named active coping strategies, avoidance coping strategies, hospital treatment-oriented coping strategies, emotional coping strategies, and suppressive coping strategies for problematic behaviors. The five factors explained 49.7% of the total variance, Cronbach's alpha of the total items was .83 and the factors ranged from .66 to .86.
Conclusion
The results of this study suggest that CSFPS is a reliable and valid instrument to measure coping in families of patients with schizophrenia.
Keywords: Coping behavior; Schizophrenia; Family; Instruments

This work was supported by a Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund)(KRF-2008-331-E00416).

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Figure 1

Conceptual framework of coping in families of patients with schizophrenia.

Table 1

General Characteristics of Participants (N=188)

Table 2

Factor Analysis (N=188)

Table 3

Item Analysis of the Final Items (N=188)

Table 4

Factor Correlations and Correlations of CSFPS, WCC and F-COPES (N=188)

CSFPS=Coping scale for families of patients with schizophrenia; WCC=The way of coping checklist; F-COPES=Family crisis oriented personal evaluation scale.

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Development of a Coping Scale for Families of Patients with Schizophrenia

J Korean Acad Nurs. 2012;42(5):738-748. Published online October 31, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2012.42.5.738

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Development of a Coping Scale for Families of Patients with Schizophrenia

Figure 1 Conceptual framework of coping in families of patients with schizophrenia.

Figure 1

Development of a Coping Scale for Families of Patients with Schizophrenia

Table 1

General Characteristics of Participants (N=188)

Table 2

Factor Analysis (N=188)

Table 3

Item Analysis of the Final Items (N=188)

Table 4

Factor Correlations and Correlations of CSFPS, WCC and F-COPES (N=188)

CSFPS=Coping scale for families of patients with schizophrenia; WCC=The way of coping checklist; F-COPES=Family crisis oriented personal evaluation scale.

Table 1 General Characteristics of Participants (N=188)

Table 2 Factor Analysis (N=188)

Table 3 Item Analysis of the Final Items (N=188)

Table 4 Factor Correlations and Correlations of CSFPS, WCC and F-COPES (N=188)

CSFPS=Coping scale for families of patients with schizophrenia; WCC=The way of coping checklist; F-COPES=Family crisis oriented personal evaluation scale.