“…Redundant and unclear items were deleted or reworded, and several items, such as prayer, were added. The Way of Coping that used in this study shortened to 44 items divided in 7 subscales as follow: Wish and avoidance thinking including the following items (3,11,19,21,34,39,42), planful problem solving including the following items (7,12,15,23,43,44), positive reappraisal including the following items (5,8,9,16,20,31,32,38,40), seeking social support including the following items (1,17,24,30,33), accepting responsibility including the following items (2, 10,18, 26, 41), self-control including the following items (6,13,14,22,28,35,37), escape avoidance including the following items (4,25,27,29,36). The validity of this scale was tested before in study by Folkman et al among community sample of people and showed their alphas independently as follow [19]; confronting coping (alpha=0.70); Distancing (alpha=0.61); self-controlling (alpha=0.70); seeking social support (alpha=0.76); accepting responsibility (alpha=0.66); escape and avoidance (alpha=0.72); planful problems solving (alpha=0.68); and positive reappraisal (alpha=0.79).…”