Public Sector Workers’ Mental Health in Argentina: Comparative Psychometrics of the Perceived Stress Scale

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was supported by a fellowship provided by the Secretarí a de Ciencia y Tecnologí a, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. The authors gratefully acknowledge Mariel Amanda Serra and Marisa Garcí a for their contributions to this research study. We give special thanks to all subjects for participating in the study, as well as Luis Robles (ASECOR) and Alejandrina Alberici (ADIUC) for facilitating sample collection.

COVID-19-related stress in postpartum women from Argentina during the second wave in 2021: Identification of impairing and protective factors

“…The psychometric properties of PSS-10-C were similar to the original questionnaire reports. Regarding reliability, we found that the entire scale had a high level of internal consistency, like those reported for the original version in Argentina ( Miranda et al, 2020b ). Questionnaire adaptation for the pandemic was developed in the general population of Latin America, and it showed similar reliability to that of our findings ( Pedrozo-Pupo et al, 2020 ).…”

“…As this second factor involved inverse key items, higher scores reflect low perceived ability to cope with pandemic stressors. The total score is obtained as the sum of all the items, with higher scores corresponding to higher perceived stress ( Miranda et al, 2020b ).…”

“…Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) were calculated for all numerical variables; the percentage of categorical variables was also described. Regarding psychometric procedures, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was applied using maximum-likelihood structural equation modelling techniques ( Miranda et al, 2020b ), previously performing a distributional analysis of PSS-10-C through histograms, q-q plots, box-plots, and Shapiro-Wilk tests. First- and second-order CFA models were assessed to test PSS-10-C structure.…”

Triggering of postpartum depression and insomnia with cognitive impairment in Argentinian women during the pandemic COVID-19 social isolation in relation to reproductive and health factors

“…First, kurtosis and skewness were assessed to test the normality of mental health questionnaires (cut-off point ±2) because a normal distribution is required for the application of full information maximum likelihood in SEM ( Soh et al., 2020 ). Second, a set of confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to confirm the dimensionality of the five questionnaires, with the calculation of goodness-of-fit indices: Chi-square to degree of freedom ratio (χ 2 /df), Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA), Comparative Fit Index (CFI), Tucker Lewis Index (TLI), and Standardised Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) ( Miranda et al., 2020a ; Miranda et al., 2020b ). Third, Pearson's correlations (r) were performed to test associations between the variables included in the hypothesised model.…”

Insomnia is associated with worry, cognitive avoidance and low academic engagement in Argentinian university students during the COVID-19 social isolation

“…Furthermore, insomnia and worry have been associated with a decrease in work and academic engagement, which is a positive, persistent, emotional, and cognitive state related to a specific task (Miranda et al, 2020a). Stressful situations can affect people's psychological capital, putting at risk the cognitive, emotional, and physical resources necessary to be engaged (Miranda et al, 2020b).…”