Turkish International Journal of Special Education and Guidance & Counselling

Yazarlar: Bahar METE-OTLU, Ferda AYSAN

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Crisis intervention,Coping strategies crisis intervention scale,School counselors,Reliability,Validity

Özet: The purpose of the study is to develop a scale to measure school counselors’ coping strategies in crisis situations. The sample of the study consists of 257 school counselors working in the city centre of Izmir, of which 70% (n=180) are women and 30% (n=77) are men. Structural validity of the scale was investigated both by using exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Exploratory factor analysis showed that, the scale has a structure consisted of   four subscales. These are; (a)“evaluation of crisis situation”, (b) “providing social support”, (c) “constituting social network” and (d) “acquiring coping skills”. The Cronbach alpha was calculated to be .91. In conclusion, it can be stated that the scale is a valid and reliable instrument to measure school counselors’ coping strategies used in crisis intervention.

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