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Researcher Knows Best?

Toward a Closer Match between the Concept and Measurement of Coping

Sharon Danoff-Burg

University at Albany, State University of New York, USA

Jennifer Ayala

Tracey A. Revenson

City University of New York Graduate Center, USA

Missing from recent critiques of coping measurement are data demonstrating whether concepts used by researchers are understood by study participants. We asked 101 rheumatoid arthritis patients to complete a structured coping checklist and provide descriptions of their coping for each item checked. Trained researchers coded these open-ended descriptions using the original checklist categories. In general, patients' descriptions of their coping matched researcherderived definitions; however, patients were less likely to interpret cognitive and affective coping strategies in the manner intended by researchers. Patients' descriptions often crossed multiple categories, suggesting complex patterns not captured by most data analytic techniques. Whether they assess coping through structured measures or not, researchers must find ways to examine the multiple meanings and combinations of strategies that constitute the coping process. Keywords

Key Words: coping • measurement • rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 5, No. 2, 183-194 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/135910530000500209
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