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Original Article

A Turkish Adaptation of the Coping Scales From the German Stress and Coping Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents

Published Online:September 22, 2011https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000088

Abstract

The present study develops and validates a Turkish adaptation of the coping scales from the German Stress and Coping Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (SSKJ 3–8; Lohaus, Eschenbeck, Kohlmann, & Klein-Heßling, 2006). In a Turkish sample of 473 children and adolescents from grades 4 to 8 (220 girls, 253 boys, age range: 9–15 years), the factor structure of the original German version was confirmed for the six subscales: seeking social support, problem solving, avoidant coping, palliative emotion regulation, anger-related emotion regulation, and media use. All six subscales showed good internal consistency. Correlations between these subscales and indicators of psychological adjustment as well as replication of gender differences for the subscales also demonstrated high correspondence between the original German version of the SSKJ 3–8 coping scales and the Turkish adaptation.

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