01556nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002100118653002500139653001800164100002800182700002400210245011600234300001000350490000700360520096700367022001401334020001401348       2012                            d  c01/2012bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aFactor Structure10aInternal consistency10aTest Validity1 aJosé Moral de la Rubia1 aMelina Miaja Ávila00aValidation of the Stress Coping Strategies Questionnaire in an HIV-seropositive and a general population sample  a15-290 v183 aThe goals of this investigation were to study the internal consistency, factor structure and distribution of the Stress Coping Strategies Questionnaire (SCQ; Sandin & Chorot, 2003) in two non-probability samples: HIV-seropositive persons (100 women and 200 men) and general population, paired in size ( n = 300), mean age (37 years old) and sex ratio. Another aim was to contrast differences in coping strategies and styles between both groups. The internal consistency was high in four scales and adequate in all others, except the Positive Reappraisal scale, which was low in its definition reduced to three indicators. The structure of seven correlated factors and two second-order factors was confirmed, reducing the scale to 33 items. Seropositive persons reported using religion and positive reappraisal more frequently than the control group. We suggest the use of the SCQ in these populations and to generate new items for the Positive Reappraisal scale.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437