The Brief COPE is a widely used measure of coping that contains 28 items on 14 factors. Researchers have shortened the inventory, but the factor structure remains debated. A systematic review of peer-reviewed studies published in English between 1997 and 2021 was conducted to determine if a more parsimonious number of factors could be identified. Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Medline, PubMed, and Scopus databases were searched using keywords “Brief COPE” and “ factor, valid* , or psychometric .*” Searching yielded 1,303 articles; cited references added 38; 85 articles met inclusion criteria. Principal components analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were major analytic strategies used (28 and 27, respectively). Only eight studies analyzed the original 14-factor structure. Factors identified ranged from 2 to 15, with dichotomous factors most frequently identified (25; n?=?21). A smaller number of factors may be able to represent the Brief COPE. Research is needed to test a condensed instrument.
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机译：Brief COPE 是一种广泛使用的应对措施，包含 14 个因素的 28 个项目。研究人员缩短了库存，但因子结构仍存在争议。对 1997 年至 2021 年间以英语发表的同行评审研究进行了系统评价，以确定是否可以确定更简洁的因素数量。使用关键字“Brief COPE”和“factor， valid*， or psychometric metric .*”检索Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health、PsycINFO、PsycARTICLES、Medline、PubMed和Scopus数据库。 检索得到1,303篇文章;引用的参考文献增加了38个;85篇文章符合纳入标准。主成分分析和验证性因子分析是主要使用的分析策略（分别为28%和27%）。只有8项研究分析了原始的14因素结构。确定的因素范围从2到15，其中二分类因素最常被发现（25%;n？=？21）。较少数量的因素可能能够代表简要 COPE。需要研究来测试浓缩仪器。
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