BACKGROUND: The relationship between coping styles and @entity146 has received considerable attention and instruments have been developed to assess coping strategies. The measurement by means of category systems has been criticized and a functional hierarchy of action types linked to the adaptive processes is preferred. We aimed to determine which factors may exist within the Brief- @entity5786 (Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced - @entity5786 - Inventory) in an Italian sample of @entity1 with @entity148 ; and if these factors correlate with the severity of psychopathology or with other characteristics. METHODS: A total sample of 148 @entity1 was recruited. The Brief- @entity5786 inventory, the Symptom Check List 90-Revised, the Penn State Worry Questionnaire, the Zung @entity148 Status Inventory and the Zung Self-Rating @entity148 Scale were administered. RESULTS: Factor analysis of the Brief- @entity5786 yielded nine factors accounting for 65.48% of the variance. @entity1 scored higher on Searching Support, followed by Acceptance, Changing Perspective, and Problem Solving. Associations between measures of psychopathology and factors of coping strategies, mostly Searching support and Avoidance, were found. CONCLUSIONS: Data of the present study support a nine-factor structure of the Brief- @entity5786 that includes five broad dimensions of coping. Psychopathology was mostly related to Searching support and Avoidance factors, showing that these strategies may reflect ineffective ways of coping; Problem solving and Changing perspective could be a valid approach to moderate @entity148 / @entity308 symptoms and psychopathology in general.

Coping strategies in a sample of @entity148 XXXX : factorial analysis and associations with psychopathology.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity5786 :: ('11316', 'Gene') :: ['COPE'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['mental disorders'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['Anxiety', 'anxiety', 'anxiety disorders']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
