Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS)

Introduction: There is an appealing need to have a validated Bahasa Malaysia (BM) questionnaire that is able to gauge stress coping styles among Malaysian population. A culturally accepted questionnaire will generate further research in the aspect of stress coping patterns in the Malaysia population...

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Main Authors: Musa, Ramli, F., Mohd Ariff, Y., Khalid, S., Rosnani
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry 2008
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author Musa, Ramli
F., Mohd Ariff
Y., Khalid
S., Rosnani
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description Introduction: There is an appealing need to have a validated Bahasa Malaysia (BM) questionnaire that is able to gauge stress coping styles among Malaysian population. A culturally accepted questionnaire will generate further research in the aspect of stress coping patterns in the Malaysia population. Objective: To translate the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) questionnaire into BM and to determine the construct validity, reliability and other psychometric properties of the translated BM version of the English CISS 48-item. Method: Two parallel forward and backward translations were done in BM in accordance to guideline and its validation was determined by using confirmatory factor analysis among 200 Malaysian subjects. Results: The BM CISS had very good Cronbach’s alpha values, 0.91, 0.89 and 0.85 respectively for Task-, Emotional- and Avoidance-oriented. The overall Cronbach’s alpha was 0.91. It also had good factor loading for most of its items where 44 items out of 48 had Confirmatory Factor Analysis values of more than 4.0. Conclusions: BM CISS had been adequately and correctly translated into Bahasa Malaysia with high psychometric properties. Minimal readjustment may be required in a few of its items to obtain excellent results.
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spelling iium-40352011-10-12T04:23:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4035/ Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS) Musa, Ramli F., Mohd Ariff Y., Khalid S., Rosnani BF712 Developmental psychology Introduction: There is an appealing need to have a validated Bahasa Malaysia (BM) questionnaire that is able to gauge stress coping styles among Malaysian population. A culturally accepted questionnaire will generate further research in the aspect of stress coping patterns in the Malaysia population. Objective: To translate the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) questionnaire into BM and to determine the construct validity, reliability and other psychometric properties of the translated BM version of the English CISS 48-item. Method: Two parallel forward and backward translations were done in BM in accordance to guideline and its validation was determined by using confirmatory factor analysis among 200 Malaysian subjects. Results: The BM CISS had very good Cronbach’s alpha values, 0.91, 0.89 and 0.85 respectively for Task-, Emotional- and Avoidance-oriented. The overall Cronbach’s alpha was 0.91. It also had good factor loading for most of its items where 44 items out of 48 had Confirmatory Factor Analysis values of more than 4.0. Conclusions: BM CISS had been adequately and correctly translated into Bahasa Malaysia with high psychometric properties. Minimal readjustment may be required in a few of its items to obtain excellent results. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry 2008-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4035/1/5.MJP_CISS_Dr_Ramli.pdf Musa, Ramli and F., Mohd Ariff and Y., Khalid and S., Rosnani (2008) Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS). Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 17 (2). pp. 7-16. ISSN 0128-8628 http://www.mjpsychiatry.com/index.php/mjp/article/view/35
spellingShingle BF712 Developmental psychology
Musa, Ramli
F., Mohd Ariff
Y., Khalid
S., Rosnani
Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS)
title Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS)
title_full Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS)
title_fullStr Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS)
title_full_unstemmed Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS)
title_short Validation of the Bahasa Malaysia version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS)
title_sort validation of the bahasa malaysia version of the coping inventory for stressful situation (ciss)
topic BF712 Developmental psychology
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