The transactional model defines coping as a process that changes on the bas
is of the context of an environmental encounter. An instrument used to inve
stigate coping in diverse person-environment interactions is the Ways of Co
ping Questionnaire (WOC; S. Folkman & R. S. Lazarus, 1988). Although eviden
ce exists to support the basic underlying structure of the WOC in Western s
ocieties, no research has been conducted on the instrument's dimensionality
in non-Western societies. The authors identified 14 factors for the WOC ad
ministered to a sample of health care workers in Beijing, China. The 14 fac
tors identified in the present study were similar to the 8 factors identifi
ed in the original validation study (S. Folkman, R. S. Lazarus, C. Dunkel-S
chetter, A. DeLongis, & R. J. Gruen, 1986), but they were more content spec
ific.