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Brief - Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory


(Brief-COPE)
Instructions:
The following questions ask how you have sought to cope with a hardship in your life. Read the statements
and indicate how much you have been using each coping style.

I haven't been I’ve been doing


A little bit A medium amount
doing this at all this a lot

I've been turning to work or other activities to take my


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mind off things.
1 2 3 4

I've been concentrating my efforts on doing


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something about the situation I'm in.
1 2 3 4

3 I've been saying to myself "this isn't real". 1 2 3 4

I've been using alcohol or other drugs to make myself


4
feel better
1 2 3 4

5 I've been getting emotional support from others. 1 2 3 4

6 I've been giving up trying to deal with it. 1 2 3 4

I've been taking action to try to make the situation


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better.
1 2 3 4

8 I've been refusing to believe that it has happened. 1 2 3 4

I've been saying things to let my unpleasant feelings


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escape.
1 2 3 4

10 I’ve been getting help and advice from other people. 1 2 3 4

I've been using alcohol or other drugs to help me get


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through it.
1 2 3 4

I've been trying to see it in a different light, to make it


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seem more positive.
1 2 3 4

13 I’ve been criticizing myself. 1 2 3 4

I've been trying to come up with a strategy about what


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to do.
1 2 3 4

I've been getting comfort and understanding from


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someone.
1 2 3 4

16 I've been giving up the attempt to cope. 1 2 3 4

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I haven't been I’ve been doing


A little bit A medium amount
doing this at all this a lot

I've been looking for something good in what is


17
happening.
1 2 3 4

18 I've been making jokes about it. 1 2 3 4


I've been doing something to think about it less, such as
19 going to movies, watching TV, reading, daydreaming, 1 2 3 4
sleeping, or shopping.
I've been accepting the reality of the fact that it has
20
happened.
1 2 3 4

21 I've been expressing my negative feelings. 1 2 3 4

I've been trying to find comfort in my religion or


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spiritual beliefs.
1 2 3 4

I’ve been trying to get advice or help from other


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people about what to do.
1 2 3 4

24 I've been learning to live with it. 1 2 3 4

25 I've been thinking hard about what steps to take. 1 2 3 4

26 I’ve been blaming myself for things that happened 1 2 3 4

27 I've been praying or meditating 1 2 3 4

28 I've been making fun of the situation. 1 2 3 4

Developer Reference:
Carver, C. S. (1997). You want to measure coping but your protocol’too long: Consider the brief cope.
International journal of behavioral medicine, 4(1), 92-100.

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