More than a (negative) feeling: Validity of the perceived stress scale in Serbian clinical and non-clinical samples

Jovanović, Veljko; Gavrilov‐Jerković, Vesna

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“…Cronbach's alpha values in this current study revealed that not only the overall PSS-14 and PSS-10, but also each of the two subscales of PSS-14 and PSS-10 were internally reliable, but PSS-4 was not. These findings were in line with previous studies in different countries, such as China [23], Japan [14], Vietnam [20], Korea [28], Thailand [22], Arabia [17], America [29,30], Brazil [21], Greece [11,31], Mexico [12], Germany [19], Sweden [9,15] and Serbia [18]. Few study showed acceptable reliability of PSS-4, such as the United Kingdom [32], French workers [10] and American survivors of suicide [13].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…The PSS has been translated into many languages and the reliability and validity have been verified in different countries. For instance, PSS-14 has been evaluated in Sweden [9], France [10], Greece [11], Mexico [12], America [13] and Japan [14]; PSS-10 has been evaluated in Sweden [15], France [10], Korea [16], Mexico [12], America [13], Arabia [17], Serbia [18], Germany [19], Vietnam [20], Brazil [21] and Thailand [22]; PSS-4 has been evaluated in France [10], Korea [16], Mexico [12] and America [13]. In China, a few studies have verified the PSS in specific population, such as policewomen (PSS-10) [23], university students (PSS-10) [24], elderly service workers (PSS-10) [25] and cardiac patients who smoke (PSS-14, 10 and 4) [26].…”

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Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in a community sample of Chinese

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Background: The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is a globally used and self-report scale measuring perceived stress. Three versions of PSS (PSS-14, PSS-10 and PSS-4) are available which comprise 14, 10 and 4 items respectively. However, the Chinese version of the PSS has not yet been validated in a large community-based general population. The aims of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese PSS in a large community-based general population and to compare the appropriateness of the three versions of PSS. Methods: A total of 9507 adults with at least a junior high school education and completed PSS-14 from the China Health and Nutrition Survey were involved in this study. The internal consistency reliability of PSS was assessed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis was employed to test the construct validity. Modification index was used for model extension and the critical ratio was used for model restriction. Results: The internal consistency coefficients were satisfactory for PSS-14 and PSS-10, but not for PSS-4. The corresponding Cronbach's alpha were 0.830, 0.754 and 0.473 respectively. A 2-factor structure was confirmed for the PSS-14 and PSS-10, and all items' standardized factor loadings exceeded 0.4 for either negative or positive factors. Given that item 12 loaded on both negative and positive factors for PSS-14 and the goodness of fit for PSS-14 was not acceptable, PSS-13 (PSS-14 excluding item 12) was studied. The construct validities of PSS-13 and PSS-10 were satisfactory, but the goodness of fit for PSS-10 were better than that for PSS-13. Conclusions: PSS-13 (PSS-14 excluding item 12) and PSS-10 have satisfactory psychometric properties. PSS-10 are more applicable to measure the perceived stress than PSS-13 in a large community-based general population in China.

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Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in a community sample of Chinese

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“…These findings suggest that while perceived distress and perceived coping factors exist separately, the PSS-10 is driven by a single underlying dimension of the former. Ultimately, these results are consistent with those of previous studies [20,34] and indicate that both the total and subscale scores of the PSS are usable, as the measure is found to be sufficiently unidimensional. This is a significant outcome that substantiates the unidimensionality assumption of the PSS-10, supporting Cohen and Williamson's (1988) original validation report confirming its unidimensionality.…”

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Construct validity of the perceived stress scale (PSS-10) in a sample of early childhood teacher candidates

Lee

Jeong

2019

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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OBJECT: The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) is one of the most widely used psychological instruments for measuring stress perception in practice and research but has sparked some controversy regarding its factor structure. Further, no study has been conducted to date using a sample of Korean university students to test the reliability and validity of the PSS and the factorial structure of this instrument. Likewise, more data on the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the scale (K-PSS-10) are also needed. Hence, the purpose of the present study was to examine the construct validity of the K-PSS-10 among Korean university students. METHODS: A total of 250 university students currently attending the Department of Early Childhood Education (a four-year university curriculum) completed the K-PSS-10. The collected data were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis, which tested three alternative plausible models suggested by the extant literature: single factor, correlated two-factor and bifactor. RESULTS: The results indicated that the bifactor model best fit the data, with one general factor reflecting the overlap across all 10 items, and 2 additional specific factors representing perceived distress (6 negatively worded items) and perceived coping (4 positively worded items). Internal consistencies of the total scale and its two subscales were adequate (α > 0.70). CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study support the use of the K-PSS-10 as a reliable and valid measure to assess perceived stress in a sample of early childhood teacher candidates.

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“…Recently, two studies proposed a bifactor model of the PSS-10 comprised of a single underlying general factor of perceived stress and two domain-specific factors composed of negatively (Factor 1) and positively (Factor 2) worded items (Jovanović and Gavrilov-Jerković, 2015; Wu and Amtmann, 2013). In a bifactor model, all items load onto a general factor representing the target construct (perceived stress) intended to be assessed by a measure (PSS-10), as well as one of the domain-specific factors.…”

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“…Wu and Amtmann (2013) also concluded that the PSS-10 was sufficiently unidimensional, as the general factor of perceived stress accounted for greater variance than either of the domain-specific factors, and thus supported the use of the PSS-10 total score. Conversely, Jovanović and Gavrilov-Jerković (2015) suggested that both the total and subscale scores of the PSS-10 could be used, although variance explained by the general or domain-specific factors was not evaluated or reported. Further examination of the scale’s dimensionality using a bifactor approach is needed to determine whether the PSS-10 best represents a single dimension (total score) or different dimensions (subscale scores) of perceived stress, or whether both total and subscale scores should be used.…”

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Reliability and validity of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 in Hispanic Americans with English or Spanish language preference

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This study examined the psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) among 436 community-dwelling Hispanic Americans with English or Spanish language preference. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis examined the factorial invariance of the PSS-10 across language groups. Results supported a two-factor model (negative, positive) with equivalent response patterns and item intercepts but different factor covariances across languages. Internal consistency reliability of the PSS-10 total and subscale scores was good in both language groups. Convergent validity was supported by expected relationships of PSS-10 scores to measures of anxiety and depression. These results support the use of the PSS-10 among Hispanic Americans.

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More than a (negative) feeling: Validity of the perceived stress scale in Serbian clinical and non-clinical samples

Cited by 45 publications

References 32 publications

Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in a community sample of Chinese

Psychometric properties of the perceived stress scale in a community sample of Chinese

Construct validity of the perceived stress scale (PSS-10) in a sample of early childhood teacher candidates

Reliability and validity of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 in Hispanic Americans with English or Spanish language preference

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