01553nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653000800118653001100126653003200137100001400169700001600183700001800199245011600217300001000333490000600343520097000349022001401319020001401333       2001                            d  c01/2001bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aWCQ10acopyng10arestrictive factor analysis1 aE. Olmedo1 aI. Ibáñez1 aL. Hernández00aValidation of the structure of Lazarus & Folkman´s Ways of Coping Questionnarie: a restrictive factor analysis  a15-280 v73 aStress and coping styles are a central issue in contemporary psychology. Lazarus & Folkman contributions to this area are a crucial point. From an assessment point of view these authors developed the “Ways of Coping Questionnaire” (Folkman & Lazarus, 1980, 1986). In sum, these authors defend an octofactorial solution of this test. This solution would be reductible to a problem-focused coping factor and an emotionfocused coping factor.However, its construct validity is not defined at all. This is due to the scaraty of replications this structure has obtained. Studies carried out with exploratory or confirmatory methodology, do not support the octofactorial solution of the scale. We developed a restrictive factorial analysis from 222 subjects. Unlike previous works, in this study a series of nested models to answer the question of weather first and second order factors are or not justified. This study doesn’t find the proposed factorial structure.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437