Children’s Coping Strategies Checklist - Revised (CCSC)

The CCSC is a self-report inventory in which children describe their coping efforts. The items were written to represent 11 dimensions of coping identified in a content analysis of children coping with divorce: cognitive decision making, direct problem solving, seeking understanding, positive cognitive restructuring, expressive feelings, physical release of emotion, distracting action, avoidant action, cognitive avoidance, emotion focused support, and problem focused support.. Administration of this checklist includes the General Coping Efficacy sub-scale.

Domains Assessed: Distress Tolerance, Trauma

Note: The CCSC is administered to participants ages 8-18.

References: Ayers, T. S., Sandler, I. N., Bernzweig, J. A., Harrison, R. J., Wampler, T. W., & Lustig, J. L. (1989). Handbook for the content analyses of children's coping responses. Tempe, AZ: Program for Prevention Research, Arizona State University.

Time to Complete: 15 minutes

A complete list of assessments can be found here.