ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF THE COMPI COPING-STRATEGY SCALE FOR INFERTILE MEN AND WOMEN
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Translation and Validation, Infertile Men and Women, Coping Scale, Mental Health Professionals
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: “The Copenhagen Multi-Centre Psychosocial Infertility (COMPI) Coping-Strategy Scale” was translated from English to Urdu, adapted and validated for the indigenous Pakistani population. The further aim was to establish its psychometric properties.
METHOD: The research was conducted in two phases, Phase I involved translating the COMPI Coping Strategy Scale from English to Urdu using the Breslin forward-backward translation approach. Phase-II: examining and establishing the psychometric properties of the scale. Total No. of sample included N=270, men (n=66) and women (n=204) with primary infertility. The sample was selected through purposive sampling strategy with a mean age of + 32 years.
RESULTS: Data analysis led to retaining 18 items that are converging and form a cluster of four factors of the Scale i.e., (a) “active-avoidance Coping”, (b) “active-confronting Coping”, (c) “passive-avoidance Coping”, and (d) “meaning-based Coping”. Furthermore, findings also demonstrated model fit indices for these four factors (χ2/df =214.64/129=1.70, RMSEA=.05, GFI=.92, TLI=.91, CFI=.92). Reliability analysis exhibited the adequate alpha coefficient estimates for the scale and its sub-scales. In addition, the construct validity of the scale was established through convergent and discriminant validities. Results of the independent sample t-test depicted the mean differences in terms of gender on CSS, ACCS and MBCS.
CONCLUSION: This study has provided a psychometrically robust coping measure for future research with Pakistani infertile individuals in Urdu-speaking settings. This study contributed to the methodological development of the COMPI Coping Strategy Scale. Further, it is recommended for Pakistani physicians and mental health professionals utilize this measure to investigate the coping mechanisms of infertile men and women.
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Dr. Bushra Naz
Department of Psychology, University of Central Punjab, Lahore
Dr. Syeda Shahida Batool
Department of Psychology, Government College University, Lahore,