Coping Behavior Assessment (MDICS) Test
Understand how you cope with stress across thoughts, feelings, and actions in about 1 minute. Fast, clear results support screening and personalized guidance in care or research.
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Self-Blame (Emotional Domain) (S(D)
Self-Blame (Emotional Domain) (S(D)
Average
39
Normal range
26.4 — 51.5
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100
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Dissimulation (Cognitive Sphere) (D(S)
Dissimulation (Cognitive Sphere) (D(S)
Average
66
Normal range
51.5 — 80.5
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0
max.
100
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Distraction (behavioral domain) (D(d)
Distraction (behavioral domain) (D(d)
Average
71.3
Normal range
57.6 — 85
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0
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100
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Example Questions From the Test
You will be presented with a series of statements describing aspects of behavior. Please recall how you most often deal with difficult and stressful situations, including situations involving high emotional strain. In each section, select only one option that best describes how you handle your difficulties. Please respond based on how you have been coping with difficult situations recently. Do not spend too much time thinking—your first response is important.
- I immerse myself in a favorite activity to try to forget my difficulties.
- I try to help other people, and caring for them helps me forget my own troubles.
- I try not to think about it and avoid thinking about my problems.
- I try to distract myself and relax (for example, with alcohol, sedatives, enjoyable food).
- To get through these difficulties, I work toward fulfilling a long-held dream (for example, travel, professional development, learning a foreign language).
- I isolate myself and try to be alone.
- I work together with people who are important to me to overcome difficulties (discuss the problem, seek support).
- I usually look for people who can help me with advice.
- I tell myself that right now there are things more important than these difficulties and problems.
- I tell myself that this is fate, and I must accept it.
- These are minor difficulties; things are not that bad—overall, everything is fine.
- I don't lose my composure or self-control during difficult moments and try not to show anyone my true state.
- I try to analyze it, weigh everything up, and explain to myself what happened.
- I tell myself that, compared with other people’s problems, mine are trivial.
- If something happens, it is by God's will.
- I do not know what to do, and at times it seems that I will not be able to get out of these difficulties.
- I give my difficulties a special meaning; by overcoming them, I improve myself.
- At present, I cannot fully cope with the difficulties that keep arising, but over time I will be able to cope with them more successfully, and with more difficult ones, as before.
- I am always deeply outraged by the unfairness of my fate and I protest.
- I feel despair; I cry and become upset.
- I keep my emotions inside.
- I am always confident that there is a way out of a difficult situation.
- I rely on other people who are willing to help me to deal with my difficulties.
- I feel hopeless.
- I blame myself and feel I am getting what I deserve.
- I fly into a rage and become aggressive.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
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Coping Behavior Assessment (MDICS) Test - Symptoms and Signs
This brief self-report measure screens how an individual typically responds to stressful situations. The Coping Behavior Assessment (MDICS) is intended to provide a rapid snapshot of preferred coping patterns across cognitive, emotional, and behavioral domains.
The instrument contains 3 items and takes about 1 minutes to complete. Results are generally used to inform initial clinical formulation, guide follow-up assessment, and support discussion of coping resources and targets for intervention. The Coping Behavior Assessment (MDICS) is best interpreted in the context of presenting concerns and other clinical information.
Author: Richard S. Lazarus, Susan Folkman
Literature: Folkman, S., & Lazarus, R. S. Coping as a mediator of emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1988.; Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 1983.
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