ABSTRACT
The Negative Religious Coping (NRC) Subscale is a part of the Brief RCOPE Scale, but can also be used separatelly. It is a brief measure assessing negative religous coping. The aim of this study was to psychometrically evaluate the NRC in Czech conditions. The NRC was administered to 531 religious respondents (25.5 ± 3.4 years, 43.5% male). Negative religious coping and religiosity, together with basic sociodemographic information, were measured. The non-parametric comparison of different sociodemographic groups showed no differences between genders and almost no differences among the age groups. Significantly lower NRC scores were obtained by widows/widowers. The Czech version of the NRC showed a coherent one-dimensional factor structure and high reliability, with Cronbach’s α = .84 (95% CI .83–.85) and McDonald’s ωt = .90. Our findings indicate that the Czech version of the NRC scale may reliably assess religious coping. This instrument might be useful both for research and clinical praxis.
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ORCID
Anna Janu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6701-7435
Klara Malinakova http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6939-1204
Alice Kosarkova http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6422-9021
Jana Furstova http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4057-2540
Peter Tavel http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7072-001X