A Study on the Athletes with COPE Scale

athletes were studied with COPE,it was found:(1)compared to original edition of COPE with 14 coping_dimensions and 53 items,the new COPE included 9 coping_dimensions with 45 intems:Seeking support,Active coping,Venting of emotions,Positive appraisal,Suppression of competing activities,Endure,Turning to religion,Avoidance and Restraint coping (2)athletes were more tendency to take such coping styles:Active coping,Endure,Seeking support,Venting of emotions,and less tendency to take such coping styles:Turning to religion,Avoidance,and there were obvious differences between male and female athlees in selecting coping styles (3)compared to de_tension group,those athletes who were tension for personal relationship were more tendency to take the passive coping styles(e g endure,avoidance,etc ),and less tendency to take the positive coping styles(e g seeking support,restraint coping,etc )