| Coping
Response Item |
Ranking
for Minor Incidents |
Ranking
for Major Incidents |
| I
talk to friends and family about it.* |
1
|
1
|
| I
ignore it.* |
2
|
11
|
| I
tell the professor how I feel about the situation.* |
3
|
5
|
| I
assume there is some explanation for the behavior
which I don't understand. * |
4
|
9
|
| I
try to forget the whole thing.* |
5
|
10
|
| I
tell myself it is not really important.* |
6
|
12
|
| I
talk to my advisor or another faculty member about
it.* |
7
|
2
|
| I
treat it like a joke.* |
8
|
13
|
| I
talk to the chair of the department or the dean.*
|
9
|
3
|
| I
arrange things so that I do not have to deal with
the professor.* |
10
|
8
|
| I
assume the professor doesn't know any better.* |
11
|
14
|
| I
take someone with me if I have to see him or her.* |
12
|
7
|
| I
make a formal complaint.* |
13
|
4
|
| I
accept that it is part of being a student.* |
14
|
15
|
| I
seek legal advice or counsel.* |
15
|
6
|
| I
blame myself for what happened.* |
16
|
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|
|
*
=
Problem focused coping strategies
*
= Emotion-focused coping strategies
|
