Psychometric Analysis of the Quarantine Coping Strategies Scale (Q-COPE) in the Spanish Language

Denis Frank Cunza-Aranzábal, Wilter C. Morales-García (), Jacksaint Saintila (), Salomón Huancahuire-Vega and Percy G. Ruiz Mamani
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Denis Frank Cunza-Aranzábal: Unidad de Posgrado de Ciencias Humanas y Educación, Universidad Peruana Unión (UPeU), Lima 15464, Peru
Wilter C. Morales-García: Unidad de Posgrado de Salud Pública, Universidad Peruana Unión (UPeU), Lima 15464, Peru
Jacksaint Saintila: Escuela de Medicina Humana, Universidad Señor de Sipán, Chiclayo 14000, Peru
Salomón Huancahuire-Vega: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Unión (UPeU), Lima 15464, Peru
Percy G. Ruiz Mamani: Escuela Profesional de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista, Lima 15067, Peru

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-14

Abstract: The possibility of facing an epidemic or pandemic resulting in mandatory isolation or quarantine has become a relevant construct for comparing and evaluating coping strategies under such conditions. The objective of this research was to develop and analyze the psychometric properties of a scale to assess quarantine coping strategies (Q-COPE). This was an instrumental study and 1110 Peruvian adults (M = 26.9 years; SD = 9.77) participated in the context of social isolation. For the construction of the scale, qualitative and quantitative procedures were followed. The internal structure was evaluated by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The content analysis by expert judges supports the representativeness of the items related to the construct. EFA and CFA allowed the establishment of five factors: Emotional regulation, Information, Accommodation, Social support, and Altruism. The first-order model presents adequate goodness-of-fit indices: χ 2 = 489.048, df = 220, χ 2 /df = 2.223, SRMR = 0.025, CFI = 0.969, TLI = 0.965, RMSEA = 0.047. Likewise, the second order model presented similar values: χ 2 = 499.674, df = 225, χ 2 /df = 2.221, SRMR = 0.026, CFI = 0.969, TLI = 0.965, RMSEA = 0.047. The 23-item version was consistent with the proposed theory, obtained adequate fit indices and acceptable factor loadings (>0.70), and presented good internal consistency indexes evaluated by Cronbach’s α, ordinal α, omega (ω), and H coefficient. It is concluded that the Q-COPE scale presents good psychometric properties that justify its use in an adult population and allows the assessment of the coping strategies that people use in the face of a quarantine situation.

Keywords: coping; quarantine; pandemic; COVID-19; exploratory factor analysis; confirmatory factor analysis; validity; reliability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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