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32 items
Self-Report
Aim Instrument
Stress, anxiety, and coping are part of everyones everyday Respondents are asked to rate each of the 32 items on a five-
life. Coping strategies play an important mediating role point Likert-type scale ranging from (1) Not at all to (5) Very
between stress and both health and illness. By using the CHIP much. The multidimensional approach to the assessment of
to identify a patients typical coping strategies, you can sug- coping with health injuries and problems permits great preci-
gest alternative coping strategies that will help patients to sion in predicting preferred coping strategies with respect to ill-
cope best with and overcome their health problems. ness. It also allows for a great understanding of a persons pat-
tern of coping reactions, and an understanding of the different
The CHIP was designed to address the methodological and
relationships between coping strategies and both other per-
psychometric limitations that are associated with the use of
sonality variables and specific illnesses. Eight items assess each
existing coping measures. It can be administered over the
of the following CHIP scales:
course of a specific health problem to help determine the
coping strategies used at different times in the development Distraction: the extent to which the respondent uses
and/or treatment of the problem. The CHIP has been used actions and cognition that are aimed at avoiding pre-
effectively with patients having chronic pain, sports injuries, occupation with the health problem.
cancer, asthma, diabetes, and cardiac problems, as well as
Palliative: the various self-help responses used to allevi-
with psychiatric patients.
ate the unpleasantness of the situation.
User Qualification
Instrumental: various task-oriented strategies used to
The CHIP may be easily administered and scored by coun-
deal with the illness.
selors, nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers, and
other trained professionals and paraprofessionals. A profes- Emotional Preoccupation: the extent to which the indi-
sional with advanced training in psychological assessment and vidual focuses on the emotional consequences of the
related disciplines that adhere to relevant professional stan- health problem (Emotion-Oriented coping)
dards must assume responsibility for the use, interpretation and
communication of results. B level qualifications require that, as In cases where respondents may have misunderstood the
a minimum, the user has completed courses in tests and mea- instructions, or were responding in a careless or random fash-
surement at a university or has received equivalent docu- ion, the CHIP also contains an Inconsistency Index that mea-
mented training. sures the overall consistency of the responses.
Norming Format
Suitable for use with adults of all ages who are experiencing a The CHIP is available in the MHS
wide range of health problems, the CHIP includes separate QuikScore form. This paper-and-pen-
norms for men and women in three different age groups: cil format is designed for easy record-
ing, scoring, and profiling of responses.
Age Group Males Females Total No scoring templates are necessary; the
18 to 29 years 439 605 1044 respondents answers automatically
30 to 49 years 391 611 1002 transfer through to the concealed scor-
50 years or older 115 197 312 ing page.
Total 945 1413 2358
For computer-based and web-enabled
Normative data for the scales that appear on the forms come assessments, custom integration with
from a large community-based sample of adults collected your enterprise database, or site licensing arrangements, CHIP
from various English speaking locations in North America. This is incorporated into the MHS Professional Tool Suite, sophisticat-
data as well as age and gender effects are described in ed software technology featuring SmartLink, a client man-
greater detail in the CHIP Manual. agement program. For details about the capabilities and con-
figuration possibilities of the MHS Professional Tool Suite, please
refer to the MHS Professional Tool Suite product brochure avail-
able from MHS.
Coping with Health Injuries and Problems
HC 01 04 Printed in Canada