The COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on the Brief-COPE structure

Valeschka Martins Guerra; Leogildo Alves Freires; Julio Cezar Albuquerque da Costa; Nikolett Eisenbeck; David F. Carreno; Renan P. Monteiro; Marcelo Henrique Oliveira Henklain; Gardenya da Silva Felix; Jandilson Avelino da Silva

doi:10.22235/cp.v17i1.2476

Authors

Valeschka Martins Guerra Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7455-125X
Leogildo Alves Freires Universidade Federal de Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-2648
Julio Cezar Albuquerque da Costa Universidade Federal de Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-2156
Nikolett Eisenbeck Károli Gáspár University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-9277
David F. Carreno Universidad de Almería https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0688-6485
Renan P. Monteiro Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5745-3751
Marcelo Henrique Oliveira Henklain Universidade Federal de Roraima https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9884-8592
Gardenya da Silva Felix Universidade Federal de Roraima https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7376-8625
Jandilson Avelino da Silva Universidade Federal de Pelotas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6592-8614

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v17i1.2476

Keywords:

pandemic, COVID-19, coping, instrument, factor analysis

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the dimensional structure of Brief-COPE during the COVID-19 pandemic. Six hundred and sixty-six adults from all regions of Brazil, mostly women (77 %), aged between 18 and 79 years old (M = 36.70; SD = 13.12), took part in this research. They answered sociodemographic questions and the Brief-COPE. Descriptive and confirmatory factor analyzes were performed. The first order dimensional structure was confirmed with the 14 original factors. The second order structure did not converge, and a new second order structure was proposed based on the correlation indexes among the first order factors. The proposed new model presented adequate indexes of adjustment to the data. Such results suggest that the pandemic may have changed the way participants perceive and relate coping strategies.

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