Adolescent Coping Scales (ASC) - Second Edition

To assess the usage and helpfulness of a range of general and specific coping strategies

Suitable for ages 12-18 years.

The Adolescent Coping Scale Second Edition is a 60-item self-report inventory that is useful for considering growth and development surrounding coping and for facilitating the development of coping strategies

This assessment provides a graphical profile of an individual’s degree of usage of 20 coping strategies and an evaluation of their perceived helpfulness. It categorises these strategies into two distinct coping styles. Coping can be defined as a set of cognitive and affective actions that arise in response to a particular concern. They represent an attempt to restore the balance or remove the turbulence for the individual. This may be done by solving the problem (that is, removing the concern) or accommodating the concern without bringing about a solution. 

The Adolescent Coping Scale Second Edition assesses how individual adolescents cope with either overall concerns or a particular concern. It reliably assesses 20 distinct coping strategies


Key Features:

  • Assists adolescents to assess, reflect on and then develop their own coping skills.

  • Measures adolescents’ usage of various coping behaviours and the effectiveness of these responses.

  • Long Form has been streamlined from 80 to 60 items.

  • Simplified scoring and interpretation.

  • Follow-up programs available, including Best of Coping.

Timing: Long Form: 20-30 minutes; Short form: 10-15 minutes

Adolescent Coping Scales - Second Edition (ACS-2) - Accessit

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