Analysis of the psychometric properties of Ways of Coping Questionnaire of Stressful Events, applied to parents of children with visual disability

Abstract

The present study analyzes the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the questionnaire based on Ways of Coping Checklist (W.C.C.), applied to a sample of 147 parents of children with visual impairment affiliated to the National Organization of Spanish Blind (ONCE) in the Autonomous Community of Galicia. The trustworthiness has been checked and a factorial analysis has been done to evaluate the construct validity. The results let us affirm that the Spanish version of the questionnaire is a reliable instrument to evaluate the different ways of parents facing the varied happenings related visual impairment of their children’s.