Abstract: Selected 1806 university students as one sample to measure the coping efficacy, and compared with another sample, composed of 30 adults who were drug addicts. The confirmative research of structural equation modeling validated that the coping efficacy existed and played an important role: the coping efficacy was different from the general efficacy, which had more important effect on body symptom, depression and anxiety, and the stress of the critical incident (such as SARS). The effecting mechanism of the coping efficacy indicated it was an independent and steady variable. The coping efficacy questionnaire had favorable reliability and validity, The Cronbach α coefficient is 0.86, the split-half coefficient is 0.79, stability reliability of 63 Ss after two months is 0.71. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmative factor analysis discovered the coping efficacy was composed of three factors, which were self-confidence degree, cognition level, competence perception. Convergent validity and discriminate validity were confirmed too. 30 adult drug addicts were compared with the normal people. The result offered the evidence of confirmative validity. At the same time, the norm of the coping efficacy questionnaire was established in the research.

Key words: coping efficacy, general self efficacy, coping