Principal Component Analysis of Brief COPE items
| Brief COPE items | Brief COPE components | ||||
| 1 r | 2 r | 3 r | 4 r | Component categorisation | |
| 1. Active coping | 0.58 | 0.39 | 1 | ||
| 2. Planning | 0.60 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 1 | |
| 3. Positive reframing | 0.64 | 3 | |||
| 4. Acceptance | 0.43 | 0.50 | 3 | ||
| 5. Humour | 0.74 | 3 | |||
| 6. Religion | 0.84 | 4 | |||
| 7. Using emotional support | 0.87 | 1 | |||
| 8. Using instrumental support | 0.89 | 1 | |||
| 9. Self-distraction | 0.54 | 3 | |||
| 10. Denial | 0.56 | 2 | |||
| 11. Venting | 0.58 | 2 | |||
| 12. Substance use | 0.66 | 2 | |||
| 13. Behavioural disengagement | 0.76 | 2 | |||
Rotated component matrix (Pearson’s correlations r>0.30 are displayed) (n=192).
*Brief COPE components: component 1 (exploiting support to take action) includes items 1, 2, 7, 8; component 2 (behavioural disengagement) includes items 10, 11, 12, 13; component 3 (humour and positive reframing) includes items 3, 4, 5, 9; component 4 (turning to religion) includes items 6. Item 14 (Brief COPE) was not included in any component, but used separately, based on empirical groundings.