Abstract
A three-phase study was conducted among Chinese employees in Greater China to develop and validate the Chinese coping strategies that were most common and frequently used. By adopting a qualitative open-ended methodology and quantitative surveys (using both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis), the internal consistency and factor structure of the developed 12-item Chinese coping strategies has been demonstrated, and some evidence for construct validity has been provided. The structures of Chinese coping strategies include four factors: active positive coping, passive adaptive coping, social support and hobbies/relaxation. The results also show that active positive coping, social support, and hobbies/relaxation have a beneficial role on work well-being (job satisfaction, physical and behavioral symptoms), whereas passive adaptive coping relatively has a maladaptive effect.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 537-548 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Personality and Individual Differences |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2006 |
Bibliographical note
A portion of this paper was presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy-of-Management, Aug 06-11, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana.Funding
The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. LU3006/02H).