The Perceived Ability to Cope with Trauma Scale: A Russian-Language Adaptation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The "Perceived Ability to Cope with Trauma Scale" (PACT) is designed to assess individuals' perceptions of their ability to use various coping strategies when facing potentially traumatic events. These include focusing on the cognitive processing of the trauma (the "Trauma Focus" subscale) and overcoming the trauma (the "Forward Focus" subscale). The key advantages of the PACT scale include an emphasis on perceived self-competence, the absence of the "flexibility/rigidity" dichotomy, and moderate correlations with distress that confirm discriminative validity.

Aim

To adapt the PACT scale for the Russian population and conduct a psychometric assessment of its Russian-language version.

Methods

The adaptation procedure included direct and reverse translations

SUBMITTER: Shmarina T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12668769 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature