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Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales

This study aimed to generate a linguistic equivalent of the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) in the Serbian language and examine its psychometric characteristics. Data were collected from September to December 2020 among the general population of three cities in Republic of Serbia and Republic of Srpska, c...

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Autores principales: Milic, Marija, Dotlic, Jelena, Rachor, Geoffrey S., Asmundson, Gordon J. G., Joksimovic, Bojan, Stevanovic, Jasmina, Lazic, Dragoslav, Stanojevic Ristic, Zorica, Subaric Filimonovic, Jelena, Radenkovic, Nikoleta, Cakic, Milica, Gazibara, Tatjana
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8550439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34705857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259062
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author Milic, Marija
Dotlic, Jelena
Rachor, Geoffrey S.
Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
Joksimovic, Bojan
Stevanovic, Jasmina
Lazic, Dragoslav
Stanojevic Ristic, Zorica
Subaric Filimonovic, Jelena
Radenkovic, Nikoleta
Cakic, Milica
Gazibara, Tatjana
author_facet Milic, Marija
Dotlic, Jelena
Rachor, Geoffrey S.
Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
Joksimovic, Bojan
Stevanovic, Jasmina
Lazic, Dragoslav
Stanojevic Ristic, Zorica
Subaric Filimonovic, Jelena
Radenkovic, Nikoleta
Cakic, Milica
Gazibara, Tatjana
author_sort Milic, Marija
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description This study aimed to generate a linguistic equivalent of the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) in the Serbian language and examine its psychometric characteristics. Data were collected from September to December 2020 among the general population of three cities in Republic of Serbia and Republic of Srpska, countries where the Serbian language is spoken. Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, followed by the CSS and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The CSS was validated using the standard methodology (i.e., forward and backward translations, pilot testing). The reliability of the Serbian CSS was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega coefficients and convergent validity was evaluated by correlating the CSS with PSS. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the Serbian CSS. This study included 961 persons (52.8% males and 47.2% females). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the Serbian CSS was 0.964 and McDonald’s omega was 0.964. The Serbian CSS with 36 items and a six-factorial structure showed a measurement model with a satisfactory fit for our population (CMIN/DF = 4.391; GFI = 0.991; RMSEA = 0.025). The CSS total and all domain scores significantly positively correlated with PSS total score. The Serbian version of the CSS is a valid and reliable questionnaire that can be used in assessing COVID-19-related distress experienced by Serbian speaking people during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as future epidemics and pandemics.
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spelling pubmed-85504392021-10-28 Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales Milic, Marija Dotlic, Jelena Rachor, Geoffrey S. Asmundson, Gordon J. G. Joksimovic, Bojan Stevanovic, Jasmina Lazic, Dragoslav Stanojevic Ristic, Zorica Subaric Filimonovic, Jelena Radenkovic, Nikoleta Cakic, Milica Gazibara, Tatjana PLoS One Research Article This study aimed to generate a linguistic equivalent of the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) in the Serbian language and examine its psychometric characteristics. Data were collected from September to December 2020 among the general population of three cities in Republic of Serbia and Republic of Srpska, countries where the Serbian language is spoken. Participants completed a socio-demographic questionnaire, followed by the CSS and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The CSS was validated using the standard methodology (i.e., forward and backward translations, pilot testing). The reliability of the Serbian CSS was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega coefficients and convergent validity was evaluated by correlating the CSS with PSS. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to examine the construct validity of the Serbian CSS. This study included 961 persons (52.8% males and 47.2% females). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the Serbian CSS was 0.964 and McDonald’s omega was 0.964. The Serbian CSS with 36 items and a six-factorial structure showed a measurement model with a satisfactory fit for our population (CMIN/DF = 4.391; GFI = 0.991; RMSEA = 0.025). The CSS total and all domain scores significantly positively correlated with PSS total score. The Serbian version of the CSS is a valid and reliable questionnaire that can be used in assessing COVID-19-related distress experienced by Serbian speaking people during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as future epidemics and pandemics. Public Library of Science 2021-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8550439/ /pubmed/34705857 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259062 Text en © 2021 Milic et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Milic, Marija
Dotlic, Jelena
Rachor, Geoffrey S.
Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
Joksimovic, Bojan
Stevanovic, Jasmina
Lazic, Dragoslav
Stanojevic Ristic, Zorica
Subaric Filimonovic, Jelena
Radenkovic, Nikoleta
Cakic, Milica
Gazibara, Tatjana
Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales
title Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales
title_full Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales
title_fullStr Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales
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title_short Validity and reliability of the Serbian COVID Stress Scales
title_sort validity and reliability of the serbian covid stress scales
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8550439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34705857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259062
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