Brief COPE
Brief COPECarver, C.S. (1997) You want to measure coping but your protocol’ too long: Consider the brief cope. Int. J. Behav. Med., 4, 92. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm0401_6
The Brief COPE is available at miami.edu (https://www.psy.miami.edu/faculty/ccarver/brief-cope.html)
Brief COPE - Arabic
Brief COPE - ArabicAlghamdi, M. (2020) Cross-cultural validation and psychometric properties of the Arabic Brief COPE in Saudi population. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 75, 5, 502-509. Full text available on journal website.
Brief COPE - Bangla
Brief COPE - BanglaIslam, M. N. & Alamgir, H.M. (2023). Factorial validity and measurement invariance of the Bangla version of the Brief COPE. BPA Applied Psychology Bulletin, 298(1), 81-98. DOI:10.26387/bpa.298.1
Brief COPE - Chinese
Brief COPE - ChineseShao Di, Gao Qingling, Guo Wei (2015). Analysis of reliability and validity of Brief COPE in adolescents experienced explosion events. Journal: Chinese Nursing Research, 34, 4249-4253.
YU Pengpeng, YUAN Lu, WANG Dongfang, Bob Lew, PING Fan, JIA Cunxian (2019) Reliability and validity of Brief COPE Scale in medical college students. Journal of Shandong University(Health Sciences), 2019(01), 101-106
Brief COPE - Dutch
Brief COPE - DutchMarije Dollen, Gert-Jan Pepping, Bob Grove (2015) A comparison of coping-styles of individual and team athletes of Australia and the Netherlands. International Sports Studies.
van Gils, Y., Bleijenbergh, R., Brosens, C. et al. (2022). The validation of the brief COPE in a belgian perinatal population. Matern Child Health J, 26, 2050–2059. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-022-03476-5
Brief COPE - French
Brief COPE - FrenchBaumstarck, K., Alessandrini, M., Hamidou, Z. et al. (2017). Assessment of coping: a new french four-factor structure of the brief COPE inventory. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 15, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-016-0581-9
Muller, L., Spitz, E. (2003). Multidimensional assessment of coping: Validation of the Brief COPE among French population. Encephale, 29(6), 507-518.
Brief COPE - German
Brief COPE - GermanKnoll, N., Rieckmann, N., & Schwarzer, R. (2005). Coping as a mediator between personality and stress outcomes: A longitudinal study with cataract surgery patients. European Journal of Personality, 19, 229-247.
The Brief COPE in German is available on miami.edu
Brief COPE - Greek
Brief COPE - GreekKapsou, M., Panayiotou, G., Kokkinos, C. M., & Demetriou, A. G. (2010). Dimensionality of coping: an empirical contribution to the construct validation of the brief-COPE with a Greek-speaking sample. Journal of health psychology, 15(2), 215–229. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105309346516
The Brief COPE - Greek is available on miami.edu
Brief COPE - Hausa
Brief COPE - HausaDauda Salihu (2025). Psychometric analysis of the Hausa version of the Brief COPE scale among Internally Displaced Persons. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 13(2), 117-135. DOI:10.5455/mjhs.2025.02.011
Brief COPE - Indonesian
Brief COPE - IndonesianHuda, N., Lin, Y-K., Shaw, M.K., Hsu, Y-Y., & Chang, H-J. (2022) Psychometric properties and cross-cultural adaptation of the Indonesian version of the Brief COPE in a sample of advanced cancer patients. PLoS ONE, 17(11), e0275083. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275083
Brief COPE - Italian
Brief COPE - ItalianMonzani, D., Steca, P., Greco, A., D'Addario, M., Cappelletti, E., & Pancani, L. (2015). The Situational Version of the Brief COPE: Dimensionality and Relationships With Goal-Related Variables. Europe's journal of psychology, 11(2), 295–310. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i2.935
Brief COPE - Japanese
Brief COPE - JapaneseYasumasa Otsuka (2008). 理論的作成方法によるコーピング尺度--COPE [The COPE inventory: a theoretically based coping questionnaire]. Hiroshima psychological research (8), 121-128. http://doi.org/10.15027/26794
Brief COPE - Kazakh
Brief COPE - KazakhZhengiskykzy, A., et al. (2026). Kazakh Cultural adaptation and factor structure of the kazakh version of the brief cope. The Journal of Psychology and Sociology, 96(1). DOI: 10.26577/JPsS20269611
Brief COPE - Korean
Brief COPE - KoreanKim, Y., & Seidlitz, L. (2002). Spirituality moderates the effect of stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 32(8), 1377-1390. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00128-3
The Brief COPE - Korean is available on miami.edu
Brief COPE - Malay
Brief COPE - MalayYusoff, N., Low, W.Y. & Yip, C.H. (2009) RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE MALAY VERSION OF BRIEF COPE SCALE: A STUDY ON MALAYSIAN WOMEN TREATED WITH ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 18 (1), 1-9.
Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff (2011) The Validity of the Malay Brief COPE in Identifying Coping Strategies among Adolescents in Secondary School. International Medical Journal, 18(1), 29 - 33. The Brief COPE items translation is in Table 1.
Brief COPE - Norwegian
Brief COPE - NorwegianHoel, Geirdal AØ. Belastning, mestring og psykisk helse hos pårørende til mennesker med ruslidelse. Sykepleien Forskning. 2016 http://doi.org/10.4220/Sykepleienf.2016.59839
Kristiansen, E., Roberts, G. C., & Abrahamsen, F. E. (2008). Achievement involvement and stress coping in elite wrestling. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 18(4), 526–538. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00646.x
Brief COPE - Persian
Brief COPE - PersianAshktorab, T., Baghcheghi, N., Seyedfatemi, N., & Baghestani, A. (2017). Psychometric parameters of the Persian version of the BriefCOPE among wives of patients under hemodialysis. Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 31, 20. https://doi.org/10.18869/mjiri.31.20
Brief COPE - Portuguese
Brief COPE - PortugueseBrasileiro, S. V., Orsini, M. R., Cavalcante, J. A., Bartholomeu, D., Montiel, J. M., Costa, P. S., & Costa, L. R. (2016). Controversies Regarding the Psychometric Properties of the Brief COPE: The Case of the Brazilian-Portuguese Version "COPE Breve". PloS one, 11(3), e0152233. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152233
Dias, C., Cruz, J. F., & Fonseca, A. M. (2009). Anxiety and coping strategies in sport contexts: a look at the psychometric properties of Portuguese instruments for their assessment. The Spanish journal of psychology, 12(1), 338–348. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1138741600001736
Brief COPE - Sinhala
Brief COPE - SinhalaWeeratunga E, Senadheera C, Hettiarachchi M, Perera B. (2021). Validation of the Sinhalese Version of Brief COPE Scale for patients with cancer in Sri Lanka. BMC Psychology, 10, 157. DOI: 10.1186/s40359-022-00863-z
Brief COPE - Spanish
Brief COPE - SpanishGarcía, F. E., Barraza-Peña, C. G., Wlodarczyk, A., Alvear-Carrasco, M., & Reyes-Reyes, A. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Brief-COPE for the evaluation of coping strategies in the Chilean population. Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS, 31(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41155-018-0102-3
Vargas-Manzanares, Sandra Paola; Herrera-Olaya, Gina Paola; Rodríguez-García, Laura; Sepúlveda Carrillo, Gloria Judith (2010) Confiabilidad del cuestionario Brief COPE Inventory en versión en español para evaluar estrategias de afrontamiento en pacientes con cáncer de seno [Reliability of the Questionnaire Brief COPE Inventory in Spanish Version for Assessing Coping Strategies in Patients with Breast Cancer]. Investigación en Enfermería: Imagen y Desarrollo, 12, 1, 7-24. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1452/145216903002.pdf
Perczek, R., Carver, C. S., Price, A. A., & Pozo-Kaderman, C. (2000). Coping, mood, and aspects of personality in Spanish translation and evidence of convergence with English versions. Journal of personality assessment, 74(1), 63–87. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327752JPA740105
The Brief COPE Spanish Translation is available at miami.edu.
Brief COPE - Ukrainian
Brief COPE - UkrainianAleksina, N., Lavrynenko, D., Savchenko, O., & Gerasymenko, O. (2024). Коротка шкала подолання “Brief COPE-26”: українськомовна адаптація та модифікація для онлайн-діагностики [Short Scale of Overcoming "Brief COPE-26": Ukrainian-language adaptation and modification for online diagnostics]. Insight: Psychological Dimensions of Society, 12, 191-227. DOI: 10.32999/2663-970X/2024-12-18
Yablonska T., Vernyk O., & Haivoronskyi H. (2023). Українська адаптація опитувальника Brief-COPE [Ukrainian Adaptation of the Brief-COPE Questionnaire]. Insight: The Psychological Dimensions of Society, 10, 66-89. DOI: 10.32999/2663-970X/2023-10-4
Brief COPE - Urdu
Brief COPE - UrduAsma Nisa & Salma Siddiqui (2020) Urdu Translation and Adaptation of Brief COPE Scale. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 35(1), 1-21. https://doi:org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.1.1 The Urdu Version of the Brief COPE can be found on psychologyroots.com
Brief COPE - Vietnamese
Brief COPE - VietnameseShoko Matsumoto, et al. (2020). Validation of the Brief Coping Orientation to Problem Experienced (Brief COPE) inventory in people living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam. Global Health & Medicine, 2(6), 374-383. https://doi.org/10.35772/ghm.2020.01064