Assessing the Perceived Stress Scale for African American Adults with Asthma and Low Literacy

Sharp, Lisa K.; Kimmel, Linda G.; Kee, Romina; Saltoun, Carol; Chang, Chih Hung

doi:10.1080/02770900701344165

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“…We used the Perceived Stress Scale-Short Form (PSS; Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983) to examine the degree to which participants viewed their lives as stressful. The PSS-SF includes four items and appears to exhibit consistent psychometric properties in our sample (α = .84) as it has in others (Cohen et al, 1983; Sharp, Kimmel, Kee, Saltoun, & Chang, 2007). The response format was based on a 5-item Likert scale with the following response categories: 0 ( never ),1 ( almost never ), 2 ( sometimes ), 3 ( fairly often ), and 4 ( very often ).…”

Section: Study 3: Web-based Final Survey Developmentsupporting

confidence: 75%

Measuring multiple minority stress: The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals who are also racial/ethnic minorities (LGBT-POC) are a multiply marginalized population subject to microaggressions associated with both racism and heterosexism. To date, research on this population has been hampered by the lack of a measurement tool to assess the unique experiences associated with the intersection of these oppressions. To address this gap in the literature, we conducted a three-phase, mixed method empirical study to assess microaggressions among LGBT-POC. The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale is an 18-item self-report scale assessing the unique types of microaggressions experienced by ethnic minority LGBT adults. The measure includes three subscales: (a) Racism in LGBT communities, (b) Heterosexism in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities, and (c) Racism in Dating and Close Relationships, that are theoretically consistent with prior literature on racial/ethnic minority LGBTs and have strong psychometric properties including internal consistency and construct validity in terms of correlations with measures of psychological distress and LGBT-identity variables. Men scored higher on the LGBT-PCMS than women, lesbians and gay men scored higher than bisexual women and men, and Asian Americans scored higher than African Americans and Latina/os.

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Section: Study 3: Web-based Final Survey Developmentsupporting

confidence: 75%

Measuring multiple minority stress: The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.

Balsam

Molina

Beadnell

et al. 2011

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

782

632

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“…However, it is worth noting that according to studies of the English version, the PSS is not a specific-population- dependent instrument. Similar psychometric properties have been found across a variety of different sub-populations in different locations [10], [20], [27]. The Traditional Chinese version of PSS has also been found to have similar psychometric properties in two different sub-groups in Hong Kong [11], [28].…”

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confidence: 54%

Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Perceived Stress Scale in Policewomen

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BackgroundThe 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) is one of most widely used instruments to measure a global level of perceived stress in a range of clinical and research settings. This study was conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the Simplified Chinese version of the PSS-10 in policewomen.MethodologyA total of 240 policewomen were recruited in this study. The Simplified Chinese versions of the PSS-10, the Beck Depression Inventory Revised (BDI-II), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were administered to all participants, and 36 of the participants were re-tested two weeks after the initial testing.Principal FindingsThe overall Cronbach's alpha was 0.86, and the test–retest reliability coefficient was 0.68. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) yielded 2 factors with eigenvalues of 4.76 and 1.48, accounting for 62.41% of variance. Factor 1 consisted of 6 items representing “negative feelings”; whereas Factor 2 consisted of 4 items representing “positive feelings”. The item loadings ranged from 0.72 to 0.83. The Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) indicated a very good fit of this two-factor model to this sample. The PSS-10 significantly correlated with both BDI-II and BAI, indicating an acceptable concurrent validity.ConclusionsThe Simplified Chinese version of the PSS-10 demonstrated adequate psychometric properties for evaluating stress levels. The results support its use among the Chinese population.

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“…This measure assesses perceived stress in the past month (e.g., “How often have you felt you were unable to control the important things in your life?”) on a scale from never (0) to very often (4). This scale has adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and evidence of validity in community samples, as well as among adolescents/young adults and urban populations [53–55]. In the present study, internal consistency reliability was .68.…”

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The Mediating Roles of Perceived Stress and Health Behaviors in the Relation Between Objective, Subjective, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Perceived Health

2014

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Background Objective, subjective, and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with perceived health, morbidity, and mortality. Purpose We investigated whether perceived stress and health behaviors mediated the relation between the three types of SES and perceived health. Methods Participants (N = 508) attending a public clinic completed a computerized survey assessing objective SES (income, education, employment); health behaviors; perceived stress; and perceived health. They also indicated their social standing relative to others (subjective SES) and provided their current address to determine neighborhood SES. Results In a structural equation model including all three SES types, lower objective and subjective SES were related to poorer perceived health. When mediators were included in the model, there were significant indirect effects of: (a) SES on health through stress; and (b) SES on health through stress and health compromising behaviors. Conclusions Interventions to reduce the impact of stressors could improve the health of socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals.

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Assessing the Perceived Stress Scale for African American Adults with Asthma and Low Literacy

Cited by 45 publications

References 29 publications

Measuring multiple minority stress: The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.

Measuring multiple minority stress: The LGBT People of Color Microaggressions Scale.

Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Perceived Stress Scale in Policewomen

The Mediating Roles of Perceived Stress and Health Behaviors in the Relation Between Objective, Subjective, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Perceived Health

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