A short form (42 items) of the Ways of Coping Checklist was administer
ed to 468 French men and women. a factor analysis of the responses yie
lded three factors, accounting for about 35% of the total variance, an
d named Problem-focused Coping. Emotion-focused Coping, and Social Sup
port seeking. The first two dimensions are close to those generally de
scribed in the literature. some interesting relationships of scores ap
peared between personality and coping, notably, between anxiety and em
otion-focused coping.