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The purpose of the study was to develop and test a psychometrically sound measure of farm stress. The responses of 362 farmers were used to investigate the factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the Farm Stress Survey (FSS). A factor analysis of the survey's 28 items resulted in six interpretable, reliable factors. These factors were utilized in regression analyses to predict life satisfaction, emotional strain, and illness frequency. Personal finances and time pressures were the most significant predictors of the criterion variables.

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The present study investigated the factor structure stability of Owens' Biographical Questionnaire (BQ). It was hypothesized that the factor structure obtained in the present study would be similar to that found in a previous study reported by Owens and Schoenfeldt. Eight hundred and sixteen persons (437 females and 379 males) were administered the BQ. Product-moment correlations between analog factors in the present study and the previous study were used to augment the analysis of common items between the two factor structures. Both analyses strongly support the idea of factor congruence across the two male samples. However, only partial support was obtained for congruence in the comparisons of the female biodata factors. Several factors in the earlier study did not emerge in the present study. An explanation for this lack of congruence involved the recognition of the changing life experiences of females.