The Examination of Reliability and Validity of Coping Responses Inventory Among Iranian Students

The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the CRI-adult among Iranian University students. 642 undergraduate students were randomly selected to respond two questionnaires. Participants were enrolled during the Fall semester 2011/2012. To computing the concurrent validity, the internal consistency coefficients and exploratory factor analyses were employed. The results showed that the two factors (Approach and Avoidant Responses) were significantly related to the CRI general factor. These results supported theoretically that the construct of coping Responses inventory is psychometrically sound the model. Concurrent validity showed that the score of mental health and its factors such as bodily symptoms, anxiety, disorder in social function and depression correlated with scores of Approach and Avoidant factors. The Cronbach coefficient alpha values and test-retest correlations were significant (p < .001) for total scores' CRI and its subscales. The results showed that the CRI is a reliable and valid measure of assessing coping responses in Iranian University student and it is suggested for examination the quality of coping responses among Iranian students. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.