"PROACTIVE COPING QUESTIONNAIRE": MODIFICATION, APPROBATION, PSYCHOMETRIC INDICATORS

Abstract

Modern approaches to coping justify the perspective of using the phenomena of preventiveness and proactivity, which are focused on the prevention of negative impacts on the personality. Proactivity is based on the phenomenon of personal responsibility for the results of one's life and on the idea of consciously involving and using all available resources, including knowledge, skills, information, social connections, and forming access to them. A proactive personality consciously uses means of cognitive, behavioral, and emotional self-regulation to prevent and overcome the impact of stressful events. Such features of proactivity make it a promising direction for research on the needs of servicemen recovery centers.

The article presents the results of the modification and standardization of the "Proactive Coping Questionnaire" (PCQ) for a sample of Ukrainian servicemen who participated in intensive combat operations and underwent a psychological rehabilitation program. We not only translated and adapted the text of the PCI  to  Ukrainian realities, but also simplified it: reduced the number of statements, and added points for answers to the questionnaire form, taking into account the peculiarities of working with military personnel who were significantly physically and psychologically exhausted. The general structure of the PCQ was preserved, and the psychometric characteristics were consistent with the content of proactivity, which the developers laid down. Identified phenomena that affect the peculiarities of the implementation of proactivity in accordance with the extreme situation of participation in hostilities were described in detail during the development of schemes for interpreting the results of the new PCQ.