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Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece
OBJECTIVE: To translate the Perceived Stress Scale (versions PSS-4, −10 and −14) and to assess its psychometric properties in a sample of general Greek population. METHODS: 941 individuals completed anonymously questionnaires comprising of PSS, the Depression Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21 versio...
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909307 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8083287 |
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author | Andreou, Eleni Alexopoulos, Evangelos C. Lionis, Christos Varvogli, Liza Gnardellis, Charalambos Chrousos, George P. Darviri, Christina |
author_facet | Andreou, Eleni Alexopoulos, Evangelos C. Lionis, Christos Varvogli, Liza Gnardellis, Charalambos Chrousos, George P. Darviri, Christina |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To translate the Perceived Stress Scale (versions PSS-4, −10 and −14) and to assess its psychometric properties in a sample of general Greek population. METHODS: 941 individuals completed anonymously questionnaires comprising of PSS, the Depression Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21 version), and a list of stress-related symptoms. Psychometric properties of PSS were investigated by confirmatory factor analysis (construct validity), Cronbach’s alpha (reliability), and by investigating relations with the DASS-21 scores and the number of symptoms, across individuals’ characteristics. The two-factor structure of PSS-10 and PSS-14 was confirmed in our analysis. We found satisfactory Cronbach’s alpha values (0.82 for the full scale) for PSS-14 and PSS-10 and marginal satisfactory values for PSS-4 (0.69). PSS score exhibited high correlation coefficients with DASS-21 subscales scores, meaning stress (r = 0.64), depression (r = 0.61), and anxiety (r = 0.54). Women reported significantly more stress compared to men and divorced or widows compared to married or singled only. A strong significant (p < 0.001) positive correlation between the stress score and the number of self-reported symptoms was also noted. CONCLUSIONS: The Greek versions of the PSS-14 and PSS-10 exhibited satisfactory psychometric properties and their use for research and health care practice is warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-31667432011-09-09 Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece Andreou, Eleni Alexopoulos, Evangelos C. Lionis, Christos Varvogli, Liza Gnardellis, Charalambos Chrousos, George P. Darviri, Christina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article OBJECTIVE: To translate the Perceived Stress Scale (versions PSS-4, −10 and −14) and to assess its psychometric properties in a sample of general Greek population. METHODS: 941 individuals completed anonymously questionnaires comprising of PSS, the Depression Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21 version), and a list of stress-related symptoms. Psychometric properties of PSS were investigated by confirmatory factor analysis (construct validity), Cronbach’s alpha (reliability), and by investigating relations with the DASS-21 scores and the number of symptoms, across individuals’ characteristics. The two-factor structure of PSS-10 and PSS-14 was confirmed in our analysis. We found satisfactory Cronbach’s alpha values (0.82 for the full scale) for PSS-14 and PSS-10 and marginal satisfactory values for PSS-4 (0.69). PSS score exhibited high correlation coefficients with DASS-21 subscales scores, meaning stress (r = 0.64), depression (r = 0.61), and anxiety (r = 0.54). Women reported significantly more stress compared to men and divorced or widows compared to married or singled only. A strong significant (p < 0.001) positive correlation between the stress score and the number of self-reported symptoms was also noted. CONCLUSIONS: The Greek versions of the PSS-14 and PSS-10 exhibited satisfactory psychometric properties and their use for research and health care practice is warranted. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2011-08 2011-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3166743/ /pubmed/21909307 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8083287 Text en © 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Andreou, Eleni Alexopoulos, Evangelos C. Lionis, Christos Varvogli, Liza Gnardellis, Charalambos Chrousos, George P. Darviri, Christina Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece |
title | Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece |
title_full | Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece |
title_fullStr | Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece |
title_short | Perceived Stress Scale: Reliability and Validity Study in Greece |
title_sort | perceived stress scale: reliability and validity study in greece |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909307 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8083287 |
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