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Authors: | Scott C Roesch Arianna A Aldridge Tobin LP Huff Karl Langner Feion Villodas Kelsey Bradshaw |
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Institution: | 1. San Diego State University , San Diego, USA scroesch@sciences.sdsu.edu;3. San Diego State University , San Diego, USA |
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Abstract: | Abstract Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were employed to test the factorial validity and structure of the Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI; Greenglass, Schwarzer, Jakubiec, Fiksenbaum, &; Taubert, 1999) in a large multiethnic sample (n=709). CFAs conducted on each individual scale of the PCI supported congeneric measurement. However, when the scales of the PCI were tested simultaneously in a model, a 3-factor model representing Logical Analysis/Problem Solving, Social Support, and Avoidance fit as well as both a 5- and the original 7-factor model. Moreover, strong redundancy among factors of both the 5- and 7-factor models suggested that these models did not represent the PCI well. In addition, multigroup analyses revealed that the parameters (e.g., factor loadings, item intercepts) of the 3-factor model were largely invariant across gender and ethnic groups. Discussion focuses on the interpretability of the 3-factor model of the PCI, and particularly in relation to traditional measures of reactive coping. |
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Keywords: | factor structure measurement proactive coping multiethnic |
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