Psychometric evaluation of perceived stress scale for Turkish university students

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the applicability of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) to a Turkish sample. PSS (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983) is a general appraisal instrument that measures the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. Five hundred and eight freshman students at the Middle East Technical University at the age of 16–29 filled in the Turkish translation of the PSS. The alpha coefficient for the Turkish version of PSS was found as 0.84, and PSS correlated 0.61 with the General Health Questionnaire. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the PSS showed that the scale consisted of two factors: Perceived Helplessness factor and Perceived Self‐efficacy. In general, the data indicated that the PSS provides a reliable and valid measure of perceived stress for a Turkish sample. The findings provide useful information for researchers and practitioners wishing to adapt foreign psychological tests to different cultures, especially in relation to the assessment of university students. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Análise fatorial confirmatória das três versões da Perceived Stress Scale (PSS): um estudo populacional

“…M. L. Lee et al, 2007;Örücü & Demir, 2009). Vale salientar que ainda que seja uma escala amplamente utilizada para mensuração da saúde mental e bem-estar psicológico (Gouveia et al, 2012) e os autores das pesquisas aqui referidas a utilizem como baliza de análise da PSS, a QSG não é uma medida propriamente de estresse, apesar de existir autores que defendam o contrário (ver Gouveia et al, 2012).…”

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain among Health-care Workers in Denizli

“…High score indicates that stress is high. [14] Job Satisfaction Scale was used to evaluate the job satisfaction of participants. This scale was developed to determine the job satisfaction levels of individuals.…”

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“…The 2-factor PSS-10 reduces 4 items it allows researchers collect data in a short period of time (Shacham, 1983). Although researchers have different arguments regarding dimensionality of PSS (Hewitt, Flett, & Mosher, 1992;Mitchell, Crane & Kim, 2008;Örücü, & Demir, 2009) it is for sure that 2-factor PSS-10 receive better support in sports contexts. The results are consistent with the earlier study by Hewitt and colleagues (Hewitt et al, 1992).…”

“…Although PSS has been validated in different culture such as Spain (Remor, 2006), Swedish (Eskin, & Parr, 1996), Japanese (Mimura, & Griffiths, 2004), Portugal (Ramírez & Hernández, 2007), Turkish (Örücü, & Demir, 2009), or Chines (Leung, Lam, & Chan, 2010), this is the first study using healthy young athletes as participants in examining psychometric properties of PSS and its relationship with athlete burnout, coping self-efficacy and life stress. Our study not only confirms Leung and colleagues' (2010) psychometric properties of the Chinese version of PSS which indicated that 2-factor 14-PSS, 10-PSS, and 4-PSS have better measurement quality but also extends the applicability of PSS into sports contexts.…”

“…Cohen and colleagues (Cohen et al, 1983;Cohen & William, 1988) constructed this global stress perception by two important components ---something that one can control (i.e., counter stress) and something that one can't control (i.e., perceived stress). In such manner, PSS is not only a measure to assess an extant of how a given situation might hurt oneself but also to assess the degree of how this give situation is controllable or uncontrollable (Golden-Kreutz et al, 2004;Örücü & Demir, 2009;Roberti, Harrington, & Storch, 2006).…”