To identify the strategies of coping with stress load, we used Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI)
from authors Greenglass at al. (1999). PCI questionnaire consists from 7 scales: Proactive coping – 14
items, Reflective coping - 11 items, Strategic planning, Preventive coping, Instrumental support seeking,
Emotional support seeking, Avoidance coping), it is created altogether from 55 statements to which the
respondent gives answers on a scale: (1) not at all true, (2) barely true, (3) somewhat true, (4) completely
true.