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Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS)
Erica Frydenberg and Ramon Lewis
ACER, 1993
Purpose: To assess the degree of usage of a broad range of coping strategies
Range: Adolescent
Administration: Short Form: 2 minutes, Long Form: 10 minutes
Key Features:
- Focuses on what young people do rather than what they feel they should be doing
- Stimulates thinking about behaviour
- Can be used for initiating self-directed behavioural change and stimulating group discussion
Assessment Content: A self-report inventory that reliably assesses 18 distinct coping strategies. The Short Form consists of 18 items drawn from the Long Form (one item per scale). The Long Form consists of 80 items.
Practitioner’s Kit includes a Manual and ten of each Profile Chart, Long Form Questionnaire, Short Form Questionnaire and Scoring Sheet
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