Model Fit and Comparisons for the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS): Fiji, Iceland, and Australia
A two-dimensional theory of adolescent coping with cross-cultural and cross-Human Development Index Categories (HDI) application was tested: the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS). The MACS was answered by 809 adolescents of diverse origins from different parts of Fiji and compared with...
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crsagepubl:10.1017/prp.2017.20 2024-09-15T18:13:13+00:00 Model Fit and Comparisons for the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS): Fiji, Iceland, and Australia Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigrun Thorsteinsson, Einar Baldvin Lingam, Govinda Ishwar 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/prp.2017.20 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1017/prp.2017.20 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1017/prp.2017.20 en eng SAGE Publications https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology volume 11, page e12 ISSN 1834-4909 1834-4909 journal-article 2017 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1017/prp.2017.20 2024-06-24T04:32:54Z A two-dimensional theory of adolescent coping with cross-cultural and cross-Human Development Index Categories (HDI) application was tested: the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS). The MACS was answered by 809 adolescents of diverse origins from different parts of Fiji and compared with findings from Australia and Iceland. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results showed the MACS to have a reliable factorial and dimensional structure in Fiji. Differences between girls and boys were similar in Fiji, Australia, and Iceland. Stoicism/distraction was identical for boys and girls in all countries. There were no differences comparing mother tongue (Fijian and Hindi). The two-dimensional theory of adolescent coping was supported. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 11 e12 |
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A two-dimensional theory of adolescent coping with cross-cultural and cross-Human Development Index Categories (HDI) application was tested: the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS). The MACS was answered by 809 adolescents of diverse origins from different parts of Fiji and compared with findings from Australia and Iceland. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results showed the MACS to have a reliable factorial and dimensional structure in Fiji. Differences between girls and boys were similar in Fiji, Australia, and Iceland. Stoicism/distraction was identical for boys and girls in all countries. There were no differences comparing mother tongue (Fijian and Hindi). The two-dimensional theory of adolescent coping was supported. |
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Model Fit and Comparisons for the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS): Fiji, Iceland, and Australia |
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Model Fit and Comparisons for the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS): Fiji, Iceland, and Australia |
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Model Fit and Comparisons for the Measure of Adolescent Coping Strategies (MACS): Fiji, Iceland, and Australia |
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