The Internal Reliability of Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale (F-COPES) in Malay version among caregivers of individual with learning disabilities

Alwi N 1 , Harun D 2 , Omar B 3 , Ahmad M 4 , Zagan M 5 , Leonard JH 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Departments of Physiotherapy School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Departments of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Diagnostic and Applied Health Sciences, Wellness and Rehabilitation Niche Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Health Psychology Programme, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Educational Psychology & Counseling, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Clin Ter, 2015 Nov-Dec;166(6):e361-4.
PMID: 26794817 DOI: 10.7417/T.2015.1901

Abstract

Caregivers face challenges to adapt while handling individual with learning disabilities (LD). The Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale (F-COPES) is a widely used instrument to measure coping strategies among caregivers. The current study performed cross cultural translation of F-COPES in Malay language. This study aims to examine the reliability by testing internal consistency of Malay version of F-COPES which is developed through back to back translation method from original English version.

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