Dual Employed Coping Scales (DECS)
Skinner & McCubbin‚ 1981‚ 1982‚ 1991
مقیاس مقابله نزد همسران هر دو شاغل
I “cope” with the demands of our dual-employed family by:
1. Becoming more efficient; making better use of my time “at home”
2. Using modern equipment (e.g.‚ microwave oven‚ etc.) to help out at home
3. Believing that we have much to gain financially by our both working
4. Working out a “fair” schedule of household tasks for all family members
5. Getting by on less sleep than I’d ideally like to have
6. Ignoring comments of how we “should” behave as men and women (e.g.‚ women shouldn’t work; men should clean house)
7. Deciding I will do certain housekeeping tasks at a regular time each week
8. Buying convenience foods which are easy to prepare at home
9. Believing that my working has made me a better parent than I otherwise would be
10.Leaving some things undone around the house (even though I would like to have them done)
11.Getting our children to help out with household tasks
12.Ignoring criticisms of others about parents who both work outside the home
13.Making friends with other couples who are both employed outside the home
14.Specifically planning “family time together” into our schedule; planning family activities for all of us to do together
15.Hiring outside help to assist with our housekeeping and home maintenance
16.Overlooking the difficulties and focusing on the good things about our lifestyle
17.Planning for various family relations to occur at a certain regular time each day or week (e.g.‚ “from the time we get home until their bedtime is the children’s time”)
18.Eating out frequently
19.Believing that my working has made me a better spouse
20.Hiring help to care for the children
21.Relying on extended family members for encouragement
22.Covering household family responsibilities for each other when one spouse has extra work
23.Leaving work and world-related problems at work when I leave at the end of the day
24.having friends at work whom I can talk to about how I feel
25.Planning for time alone with my spouse
26.Modifying my work schedule (e.g.‚ reducing amount of time at work or working different hours)
27.Relying on extended family members for financial help when needed
28.Negotiating who stays home with an ill child on a “case-by-case” basis
29.Planning work changes (e.g.‚ transfer‚ promotion‚ shift change)‚ around family needs
30.Relying on extended family members for childcare help
31.Identifying one partner as primarily responsible for child-rearing tasks
32.Believing that we are good “role models” for our children by our both working
33.Identifying one partner as primarily responsible for household tasks
34.Planning time for myself to relieve tensions (jogging‚ exercising‚ meditating‚ etc.)
35.Buying more goods and services (as opposed to “do-it-yourself” projects)
36.Encouraging our children to help each other out when possible (e.g.‚ homework‚ rides to activities‚ etc.)
37.Trying to be flexible enough to fit in special needs and events (e.g.‚ child’s concert at school‚ etc.)
38.Planning ahead so that major changes at home (e.g.‚ having a baby) will not disturb our work requirements
39.Making better use of time at work
40.having good friends whom I talk to about how I feel
41.Limiting our home entertaining to only our close friends
42.Believing that‚ with time‚ our lifestyle will be easier
43.Planning schedules out ahead of time (e.g.‚ who takes kids(s) to the doctor; who works late)
44.Sticking to an established schedule of work and family-related activities
45.Believing that I must excel at both my work and my family roles
46.Cutting down on the amount of “outside activities” in which I can be involved
47.Establishing whose role responsibility it is to say home when child(ren) are ill
48.Identifying one partner as primarily responsible for bread-winning
49.Believing that working is good for my personal growth.
50.Believing that‚ overall‚ there are more advantages than disadvantages to our lifestyle
51.Limiting job involvement in order to have time for my family
52.Lowering my standards for “how well” household tasks must be done
53.Encouraging our child(ren) to be more self-sufficient‚ where appropriate
54.Elimination certain activities (home entertaining‚ volunteer work‚ etc.)
55.Frequent communication among all family members about individual schedules‚ needs‚ and responsibilities
56.Maintaining health (eating‚ right‚ exercising‚ etc.)
57.Believing that I need a lot of stimulation and activity to keep from getting bored
58.Limiting my involvement on the job – saying “no” to some of the things I could be doing
شرح سایت روان سنجی: این ابزار برای اندازه گیری رفتار مقابله ای شغل و نقش خانوادگی نزد خانواده هایی که هردو شاغلند، پدید آمده است. چهار خرده مقیاس :1) نگهداری و تقویت خانواده، 2)پشتیبانی از نقش خانواده، 3) بازنگری نقش و چهارچوب های نگهداری موازنه بین شغل/ خانواده و 4) حفظ یک چشم انداز مثبت در زندگی و کاهش تنش ها دارد.
1) Maintaining‚ restructuring‚ and strengthening the family system; (2) procurement of support to maintain family roles; (3) modifying roles and standards to maintain work/family balance; and (4) maintaining a positive perspective on the lifestyle and reducing tension and strains.
اعتبار: آلفا کرونباخ 0.86
Maintaining‚ restructuring‚ and strengthening the family system (alpha 0.72); procurement of support to maintain family roles (alpha 0.74); modifying roles and standards to maintain work/family balance (alpha 0.78); and maintaining a positive perspective on the lifestyle and reducing tension and strains (alpha 0.76).
نمره گذاری:
1 – Strongly disagree‚ 2 – Moderately disagree‚ 3 – Neither agree nor disagree‚ 4 –Moderately Agree‚ 5 – Strongly agree‚ NC – No child
چگونگی دستیابی
منبع برای آگاهی بیشتر
By date
Skinner‚ Denise A.; McCubbin‚ Hamilton I. (1982). doping in Dual-Employed Families: Spousal Differences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations (Washington‚ DC‚ October 13-16‚ 1982). http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED227422.pdf
Corcoran‚ K.‚ & Fischer‚ J. (2000). Measures for clinical practice: A sourcebook (Vol.1). New York‚ NY: The Free Press.