Factor structure and psychometric characteristics of the Icelandic version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) I Fjolvar Darri Rafnsson a, * , Jakob Smari a, * , Michael Windle b , Stephanie A. Mears c , Norman S. Endler c a Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland b Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA c Department of Psychology, York University, Ont., Canada Received 4 April 2005; accepted 4 November 2005 Available online 4 January 2006 Abstract The current investigation was aimed toward evaluating the psychometric properties and confirming the stability in factor structure of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS; Endler & Parker, 1999). An Icelandic edition of the CISS and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised Short Scale (EPQ-R S; Eysenck, Eysenck, & Barrett, 1985) were administered to an Iceland sample of 1251 adolescents (M = 18.91 years, SD = 1.25). Similar to previous findings, high reliability for the subscales of the CISS was indicated via both internal consistency estimates and test–retest correlations. Further, mean level com- parisons replicated the pattern of significantly higher levels of coping strategy use by women relative to men. Multiple group confirmatory factor analyses evidenced goodness of fit overall, and between gender groups, for the theoretically grounded three- and four-factor models of the CISS, indicating similarities across gender in item:factor relationships. Correlations between the CISS subscales and neuroticism and extraversion extended empirical support for the construct validity of the subscales. These findings speak 0191-8869/$ - see front matter Ó 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2005.11.011 q The research reported in this study was supported by the Graduation Assignment Fund in Iceland, the Icelandic Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Icelandic Traffic Council and Sjova-Almennar Inc. * Corresponding authors. E-mail addresses: fjolvar@hi.is (F.D. Rafnsson), jakobsm@hi.is (J. Smari). www.elsevier.com/locate/paid Personality and Individual Differences 40 (2006) 1247–1258