The Coping Skills Assessment identifies how people cope with stress and what their predominant coping strategies are.   Before you invest the time and money to train a new employee, test your applicants for skills like:

• Problem Solving
• Avoidance
• Helplessness
• Negotiation

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Purpose: The Coping Skills Assessment assesses a person’s coping skills and his/her predominant methods of coping with stress.

APPLICATION:

• Therapy and Counseling
• Personal development
• Employee Assistance Programs

12 COSA – R2 SCALES:

• Problem-Solving
• Information-Seeking
• Negotiation
• Social Support
• Positive Cognitive Restructuring
• Emotional Regulation
• Distraction
• Rumination
• Avoidance
• Helplessness
• Social Withdrawal
• Opposition

No. of questions: 64
Question type: Self-report
Estimated completion time: 10 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standards ; EEOC standards (gender, age, ethnicity)
Validation Information:
• Sample Size: 8998
• Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.94

Features Benchmarks: Available (general population and 95 industries)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available

Report Includes:

• Summary
• Introduction
• Graphs
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• List of frequently used coping techniques
• Advice

Coping Skills Assessment Factors and Scales: Overall Score plus 3 factors, divided into 12 scales:

• Problem-Focused Coping: Refers to ways of handling stress that deal with taking action in order to improve the stressor.
• Emotion-Focused Coping: Methods of handling stressful situations that entail learning how to deal with the situation emotionally.
• Empty Coping Strategies/Hang-Ups: Entails “empty” coping strategies that generally will not be helpful in dealing with stressful situations.