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Appendix B Coping Strategies Inventory: CSI Manual

This document is an appendix from a CSI manual that provides the Coping Strategies Inventory (Revised 1984), a self-assessment tool used to evaluate how individuals cope with stressful events. The inventory contains 72 items describing different coping strategies. Respondents are asked to indicate the extent to which they used each strategy, on a scale from "not at all" to "very much", when handling a chosen stressful event. The document lists all 72 coping strategies assessed by the inventory.

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Appendix B Coping Strategies Inventory: CSI Manual

This document is an appendix from a CSI manual that provides the Coping Strategies Inventory (Revised 1984), a self-assessment tool used to evaluate how individuals cope with stressful events. The inventory contains 72 items describing different coping strategies. Respondents are asked to indicate the extent to which they used each strategy, on a scale from "not at all" to "very much", when handling a chosen stressful event. The document lists all 72 coping strategies assessed by the inventory.

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CSI Manual

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Appendix B

Coping Strategies Inventory


(Revised 1984)

Once again, take a few minutes to think about your chosen event. As you read through the
following items please answer them based on how you handled your event.

Please read each item below and determine the extent to which you used it in handling your
chosen event. Please do not mark on this inventory. Please use the provided answer sheet in the
following manner.
a. Not at all
b. A Little
c. Somewhat
d. Much
e. Very much

1. I just concentrated on what I had to do next; the next step.

2. I tried to get a new angle on the situation.

3. I found ways to blow off steam.

4. I accepted sympathy and understanding from someone.

5. I slept more than usual.

6. I hoped the problem would take care of itself.

7. I told myself that if I wasn't so careless, things like this wouldn't happen.

8. I tried to keep my feelings to myself.


9. I changed something so that things would turn out all right.

10. I looked for the silver lining, so to speak; tried to look on the bright side of things.

11. I did some things to get it out of my system.

12. I found somebody who was a good listener.

13. I went along as if nothing were happening.

14. I hoped a miracle would happen.

15. I realized that I brought the problem on myself.

16. I spent more time alone.


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17. I stood my ground and fought for what I wanted.

18. I told myself things that helped me feel better.

19. I let my emotions go. '

20. I talked to someone about how I was feeling.

21. I tried to forget the whole thing.

22. I wished that I never let myself get involved with that situation.

23. I blamed myself.

24. I avoided my family and friends.

25. I made a plan of action and followed it.

26. I looked at things in a different light and tried to make the best of what was available.

27. I let out my feelings to reduce the stress.

28. I just spent more time with people I liked.

29. I didn't let it get to me; 1 refused to think about it too much.

30. I wished that the situation would go away or somehow be over with.

31. I criticized myself for what happened.

32. I avoided being with people.

33. I tackled the problem head-on.

34. I asked myself what was really important, and discovered that things weren't so bad after all.
35. I let my feelings out somehow.

36. I talked to someone that I was very close to.

37. I decided that it was really someone else's problem and not mine.

38. I wished that the situation had never started.

39. Since what happened was my fault, I really chewed myself out. .

40. I didn't talk to other people about the problem.

41. I knew what had to be done, so I doubled my efforts and tried harder to make things work.

42. I convinced myself that things aren't quite as bad as they seem.

43. I let my emotions out.


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44. I let my friends help out.

45. I avoided the person who was causing the trouble.

46. I had fantasies or wishes about how things might turn out.

47. I realized that I was personally responsible for my difficulties and really lectured myself.

48. I spent some time by myself.

49. It was a tricky problem, so 1 had to work around the edges to make things come out OK.

50. I stepped back from the situation and put things into perspective.

51. My feelings were overwhelming and they just exploded.

52. I asked a friend or relative I respect for advice.

53. I made light of the situation and refused to get too serious about it.

54. I hoped that if I waited long enough, things would turn out OK.

55. I kicked myself for letting this happen.

56. I kept my thoughts and feelings to myself.

57. I worked on solving the problems in the situation.

58. I reorganized the way I looked at the situation, so things didn't look so bad.

59. I got in touch with my feelings and just let them go.

60. I spent some time with my friends.

61. Every time I thought about it I got upset; so I just stopped thinking about it.
62. I wished I could have changed what happened.

63. 1t was my mistake and I needed to suffer the consequences.

64. I didn't let my family and friends know what was going on.

65. I struggled to resolve the problem.

66. I went over the problem again and again in my mind and finally saw things in a different
light.

67. I was angry and really blew up.

68. I talked to someone who was in a similar situation.

69. I avoided thinking or doing anything about the situation.


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70. I thought about fantastic or unreal things that made me feel better.

71. I told myself how stupid I was.

72. I did not let others know how I was feeling.

(C)1984
David L. Tobin
All Rights Reserved

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