Table 2.
Component Loadings from Principal Components Analysis of the Ways of Coping Scales Completed by a Parent.
| Ways of Coping Scales | Component
|
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Confrontative Coping | .531 | .633 |
| Self-Controlling Coping | .814 | −.029 |
| Seeking Social Support | .512 | −.385 |
| Accepting Responsibility | .782 | .140 |
| Escape-Avoidance | .703 | .489 |
| Planful Problem Solving | .609 | −.328 |
| Positive Reappraisal | .789 | −.290 |
| Distancing | .672 | −.208 |
Note. 96 parents completed the WCQ. The mean response for each of the eight scales was entered in the principal components analysis.