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Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)
Scale development to measure coping mechanism among pre-university college students
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Shweta Biradar and Vinuta Muktamath
Shweta Biradar and Vinuta Muktamath
Abstract:
The present study is an attempt to develop a scale to measure Coping Mechanism among Pre-University college students. The students of II pre-university courses (PUC) were the real and objective source to identify different behaviours of coping. So, 140 students of PUC were contacted. The information given by 140 students were pooled and the behaviours were identified. 85 different behaviours were adopted by the students. These behaviours were considered as coping mechanisms. Each of the behaviour was expressed in a statement form. Initially, there were 85 statements, these items with “Always, Sometimes, Rarely and Never” alternatives were administered on 200 II PUC students (108 male and 92 female). The data of these students were subjected to percentage, correlation and t-test analysis. Finally, 60 items were included in the coping mechanism scale.
The present study is an attempt to develop a scale to measure Coping Mechanism among Pre-University college students. The students of II pre-university courses (PUC) were the real and objective source to identify different behaviours of coping. So, 140 students of PUC were contacted. The information given by 140 students were pooled and the behaviours were identified. 85 different behaviours were adopted by the students. These behaviours were considered as coping mechanisms. Each of the behaviour was expressed in a statement form. Initially, there were 85 statements, these items with “Always, Sometimes, Rarely and Never” alternatives were administered on 200 II PUC students (108 male and 92 female). The data of these students were subjected to percentage, correlation and t-test analysis. Finally, 60 items were included in the coping mechanism scale.
Coping mechanism scale consisting of 60 items with 5 alternative answers such as always, most of the times, sometime, rarely and never was administered on a random sample of 150 II PUC students to judge the reliability. The coefficient of split-half reliability was 0.82, which was significant at 0.01 level of significance.
Test-retest reliability of coping mechanism scale was undertaken. The scale was administered on a sample of 35 students of I year B.H.Sc. twice with an interval of 10 days. The coefficient of test and retest scores was 0.700, which was significant at 0.00 level of significance.
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How to cite this article:
Shweta Biradar, Vinuta Muktamath. Scale development to measure coping mechanism among pre-university college students. Pharma Innovation 2023;12(4):2078-2086.
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- E-ISSN Number: 2277-7695
- P-ISSN Number: 2349-8242
- CODEN Code: PIHNBQ
- ZDB-Number: 2663038-2
- IC Journal ID: 7725
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