Psychometric Properties of The Stress Mindset Measure in an Iranian Sample

Abstract

This research aimed to study the psychometric properties of the Stress Mindset Measure (SMM) in a non-clinical sample of the Iranian population. The Stress Mindset Measure is a psychometrically robust scale consisting of 8 items to assess whether individuals hold a stress-is-enhancing or stress-is-debilitating mindset. To evaluate the psychometric properties of this measure, we recruited 161 men and 239 women from the University of Tehran community. Results indicated that the Persian version of the Stress Mindset Measure has satisfactory reliability and validity indexes. Moreover, we found that the stress-is-debilitating mindset is positively associated with stress, depression, and anxiety. However, this mindset has been found to have no significant relationship with cognitive strategies of emotion regulation and life satisfaction. Also, findings showed no significant correlation between the stress-is-enhancing mindsets and the other variables. The results of this study suggest that the Persian SMM has adequate psychometric properties to assess stress mindsets.