The Brief RCOPE: Current Psychometric Status of a Short Measure of Religious Coping

• Published in: Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 51 - 76
• Main Authors: Pargament, Kenneth, Feuille, Margaret, Burdzy, Donna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 22.02.2011
• Subjects: brief RCOPE; Quantitative psychology; RCOPE; Religion; religious coping; religious struggle; spiritual coping; Spirituality; Validity

The Brief RCOPE is a 14-item measure of religious coping with major life stressors. As the most commonly used measure of religious coping in the literature, it has helped contribute to the growth of knowledge about the roles religion serves in the process of dealing with crisis, trauma, and transiti...